hornpipe · Key of Bb

One Of The Boys

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "One Of The Boys"One Of The BoysHornpipe31131303135165311513151565310303Tenor Banjo11313031351653115131635111Tenor Banjo1511315163353135653165310130356Tenor Banjo113151633531356156313111Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1747
ABC notation source
X:1747
T:One Of The Boys
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1747
R:Hornpipe
K:Bb
    F2  | B2 (Bc) BFDF |   BcdB  edcB |  Bdfg   fdBd | edcB  AcAF  |
           B2 (Bc) BFDF |   BcdB  edcB |  Bdfg   fecd | B2 B2 B2   :|
|: (Bd) | f2 (fg) fdfb | g2 (ga) gfga |  bagf edcB | ABcA F2 (de) |
          f2 (fg) fdfb | g2 (ga) gfga | b2 (fd) ecBc | B2 B2 B2   :|
FAQ

Questions about One Of The Boys

  • One Of The Boys is in Bb, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 90% 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 hornpipe, 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.

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