jig · Key of A

The Apprentice Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Apprentice Boy"The Apprentice Boy05405260250205450054052602502052005024524020402425005405260250205200Book: O'Neill's 421Notes:"Lively" "collected by J.O'Neill"Irish title: an daorogla.c

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X:421
T:The Apprentice Boy
N:"Lively" "collected by J.O'Neill"
N:Irish title: an daorogla.c
B:O'Neill's 421
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(e/d/) | c2 A d2 B | G2 A Bde | f>ed c2 d | e3- e2 (e/d/) |
c2 A d2 B | G2 A Bde | f>ed B2 A | A3- A2 ||
d | efg a2 f | g2 e fec | efg f2 d | e3- e2 (e/d/) |
c2 A d2 B | G2 A Bde | f>ed B2 A | A3- A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Apprentice Boy

  • The Apprentice Boy is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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