set dance · Key of D

Is the big man within?

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Is the big man within?"Is the big man within?Long dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)5404522540400024045224542000Tenor Banjo540024505420242054222540024505420242204000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 965
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X:965
T:Is the big man within?
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 965
R:Long dance, set dance
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
(G|F)DF G2E E2(G|F)DF A2D D2(E|F)DF G2E E2c|dcB A2D D2:|
M:6/8
L:1/8
G|F2A ABc|ded cBA|BcB AGF|B2E E2G|F2A ABc|ded cBA|BcB BAF|A2D D2:|
FAQ

Questions about Is the big man within?

  • Is the big man within? is in D, in 9/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a set dance, written in 9/8.

  • 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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