reel · Key of G

Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney"Sweet Biddy of BallyvourneyReelanon. (Ireland)5252550253525305252550253005535337532502352Tenor Banjo353375325300553533502353250252357532530055Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 566
ABC notation source
X:566
T:Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 566
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(BG) Bdde|fdgd fdcA|G2BG Bdde|fdcA AGG2:|Tg2(dg) gbag|f2(de) fgaf|
g2(dg) gbag|fdcA AGG2|g2dg g2de|fgag fdef|dfga b2(ag)|fdcA AGG2|]
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Questions about Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney

  • Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% 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 reel, 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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