Key of Am

My Love is a Band Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Love is a Band Boy"My Love is a Band Boy03205202000035030535050Tenor Banjo350305305503205202000Tenor Banjo0325232503205202000Tenor Banjo325232503235025305300Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 11"Notes:"Playfully" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 11
T: My Love is a Band Boy
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 11"
N: "Playfully" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:Am
A-B \
| (c2B2A2) | (G2E2D2) | (E2A2) .A2 | A4 A-B |\
c2d2e2 | g2e2.d2 | c2d2e2 | d4 A-B |
c2d2e2 | g2e2d2 | c2e2d2 | G4 e-d |\
c2B2A2 | G2E2D2 | (E2A2) .A2 | A4 ||
A-B \
| c2-E2.E2 | G2-E2.E2 | c2-E2.E2 | G4 A-B |\
c2B2A2 | G2E2D2 | E2-A2.A2 | A4 A-B |
c2-E2.E2 | G2-E2.E2 | c2-E2.E2 | G4 A-B |\
(cBcde^f) | {a}(g2e2d2) | c2-A2.A2 | A4 |:|
FAQ

Questions about My Love is a Band Boy

  • My Love is a Band Boy is in Am, in 3/4 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.

  • 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.