jig · Key of Am

Brian Boru's March

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Brian Boru's March"Brian Boru's March053200053200532055532055053200053200501005300050350105010505252350525052525035010501050303200105300023207545320754520553232055323320754532057875310532023502353530350235053052535023535302532001053000Book: O'Neill's 1801

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X:1801
T:Brian Boru's March
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1801
K:Am
(e/d/) | c>BA A2 (e/d/) | c>BA A2 (d/c/) | B>AG G2 (d/c/) | B>AG   G2 (e/d/) |
         c>BA A2 (e/d/) | c>BA A2  a     | e>fe e2  d     | (c<A)A A2        ||
  G    | Acd (e2 {fe}d) | (e2 {fe}d) edB | GBc (d2 {ed}B) | d2 {ed}B  dBG    |
         Acd (e2 {fe}d) | (e2 {fe}d) ecA | cBA (e2 {fe}d) | (c<A)A A2        ||
  B    | cBA  {b}a^ga   | cBA  {b}a^ga   | BAG  {a}=g^fg  | BAG    {a}g^fg   |
         cBA  {b}a^ga   | cBA  a2  b     | c'ba gfe       | dcB    A2        ||
  B    |(cd/e/^f) g2 a  | g2 a gec       | (GA/B/c) d2 e  | dge    dBG       |
        (cd/e/^f) g2 a  | g2 a geB       | {d}cBA (e2 {fe}d) | (c<A)A A2     |]
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Questions about Brian Boru's March

  • Brian Boru's March is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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