Key of D

Dancing the baby

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Dancing the baby"Dancing the babyanon. (Ireland)4005004005424005000024204005004005420042220000005440445445425440440024205440445445420042220000002553552553202553753205400255355255320525040555555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 990

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X:990
T:Dancing the baby
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 990
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
F2AA G2AA|F2AA GFE2|F2AA G2AA|D2DE FED2|F2AA G2AA|F2AA GFE2|D2DF EEE2|DDD2 DDD2||
d2FF A2FF|d2FF GFE2|d2FF A2FF|D2DE FED2|d2FF A2FF|d2FF GFE2|D2DF EEE2|DDD2 DDD2||
f2aa g2aa|f2aa gfe2|f2aa gbag|fed2 cAA2|f2aa g2aa|f2aa gfe2|d2fd ecA2|ddd2 ddd2|]
FAQ

Questions about Dancing the baby

  • Dancing the baby is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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. 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.