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Brian the Brave

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Brian the Brave"Brian the Brave30540206024540646045054054060Tenor Banjo33024245402454050245754050245754Tenor Banjo2205005454505405405054060Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 255Notes:"Tenderly""Collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X: 255
T: Brian the Brave
B: O'Neill's 255
N: "Tenderly"
N: "Collected by McFadden"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:A
(e>d) \
| c2A>B A2(G(3A/B/c/) | (d>c) (AG/F/) G2 (Ac/d/) | (e>d) (c<A) (d>c) (A<G) | A6 :|
|| (ef) \
| (gfga) g2(ef) | (gag)e d2 ((3efg) | (ab)(ag) ed ((3efg) | a6 (ba/g/) |
| f2 (fe/d/) e2 (ed/c/) | (dcde) (a3g) | (eage) d2(e<d) | c2A>G A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Brian the Brave

  • Brian the Brave is in A, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.