hornpipe · Key of D

Boys of Ballysimon, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boys of Ballysimon"The Boys of Ballysimonhornpipe54205202405404545040240540020543242050240540454504024052002045055323250205424005532325020455420520240540454504024052002035424205054502403050404520400205425524205054532304045204002045050323250205405405502325020450235325320250254205040240520020Book: O'Neill's 1594Notes:"Collected by Cronin"

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X:1594
T:Boys of Ballysimon, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1594
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(dc) | BAGB ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGF | D2 (DE) D2 (dc) |
Bc (3BAG ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :|
|: (FG) | Addg fgfd | efed cBcA | Addg fgfd | efec d2 (dc) |
BAGB ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :|
|: (dc) | Bc (3BAG AGFG | ABcA g2 (ed) | ecAF GBAF | D2 (DE) D2 (dc) |
BGGB cBAG | AGFG g2 (fg) | ecAF GBAF |  D2 DE D2 :|
(FG) | Adeg fgfd | efed cAGF | Adde fgfd | efec defg |
agfa gfef | defd cBAG | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :||
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Questions about Boys of Ballysimon, The

  • Boys of Ballysimon, The is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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