Key of D

The Banks of the Nile

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Banks of the Nile"The Banks of the Nile42040402502002052525232052357532Tenor Banjo3357323523205002452523203255Tenor Banjo50250450242002025752753202357532Tenor Banjo3357323523205002452523203255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1625Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 1625
T:The Banks of the Nile
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1625
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
F>E \
| D>FA>F A>Bd>A | B>ee>f e2dB | d>fa>f g>fe>d | f>ga>b a2gf |
| g>ab>g f>ga>f | g>fe>d e2 (3ABc | d>fa>f g>fe>g | f2d2 d2 :|
|: de \
| fdec dABF | Eeef e2fa | bafb agfe | fgab a2gf |
| g>ab>g f>ga>f | gfed e2 (3ABc | d>fa>f gfeg | f2d2 d2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Banks of the Nile

  • The Banks of the Nile is in D, in 2/4 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.