set dance · Key of A
Madam Bonaparte
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:962 T:Madam Bonaparte C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 962 R:Long dance, set dance M:C L:1/8 K:A (ed)|c2(cB) cecA|d2(dc) dfdB|Aceg agaf|e2(ef) edcB|c2(cB) cecA|dcde fgaf| ecAc dBGB|A2A2A2::(cB)|Aceg agaf|e2(ef) edcB|Aceg agaf|e2ef edcB|ceAe ceAe| dfBf dfBf|ceAe ceAe|GBEB GBEB|ceAe ceAe|dcde fgaf|ecAc dBGB A2A2A2:|
FAQ
Questions about Madam Bonaparte
Madam Bonaparte is in A, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a set dance, written in C.
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.