reel · Key of G

Fourpenny Bit, The

Also known as an tuisduin

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fourpenny Bit"The Fourpenny Bitan tuisduin.reel05523025525230400225060232054504330552302552523235323025052450325533533237332350235323532353235230255D.C.33353323733235023533235323532357532530D.C.Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1541"Notes:"collected from Fielding"

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X:1541
T:Fourpenny Bit, The
R:reel
N:"collected from Fielding"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1541"
T: an tuisduin.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DGGB cABG|GBdB cAFA|DBBG A^GAB|cBAG FGAF|
DGGB cABG|GBdB c2 (Bc)|((3dcB) cA BGAG|((3EFG) Ac (BG) G2 Hx||
d>g ((3gfg) b>g ((3gfg)|defg agfg|dgfg dgfg|dBcA (BG) G2|
d>g ((3gfg) b>g ((3gfg)|defg ag ((3gfg)|dgfg dgfg|abag fdcA !D.C.!||
FAQ

Questions about Fourpenny Bit, The

  • Fourpenny Bit, The is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, 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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