Key of D
Dancing the baby
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.