hornpipe · Key of G

The Baldheaded Bachelor

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Baldheaded Bachelor"The Baldheaded BachelorHornpipe302454502505450232305232323753205320Tenor Banjo3355550250545023230232520304555Tenor Banjo357775320000235555753255502Tenor Banjo323573523202350252520304555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1776
ABC notation source
X:1776
T:The Baldheaded Bachelor
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1776
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   ((3DEF) |        GFGe   fdAG | FGAB   cBcA |     GBcf     gfgb | agfe dcBA |
             (3.G.G.G (Ge) fdAG | FGAB   cBcA | ((3fgf) (df) ecAF | G2 G2 G2 :|
|:  (ga)  |    b2    b2   bagf | e2 ee e2 fg |   a2   aa  (ab)ag | f2 dd d2 ef|
                   gfga    bgdB | cBAB   cdef |     afdf     ecAF | G2 G2 G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Baldheaded Bachelor

  • The Baldheaded Bachelor is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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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