hornpipe · Key of G

Roger was a plowboy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Roger was a plowboy"Roger was a plowboyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33540554502504024023502530540242450405545025040240235203253052045Tenor Banjo3302350523235325335735325502530520405545025040240235203253052045Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 931
ABC notation source
X:931
T:Roger was a plowboy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 931
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(GF)|DGGF GABG|AFDE F2(3(ABc)|defd cAGF|DEFE FGAF|DGGF GABG|AFDE F2(3(ABc)|dfeg fdcA|GBAF G2:|
|:(3(ABc)|dedB c2(Bc)|dgfa g2(ga)|bgag fdde|fdcA GBAF|DGGF GABG|AFDE F2(3(ABc)|dfeg fdcA GBAF G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Roger was a plowboy

  • Roger was a plowboy is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% 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 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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