Key of D

The Bard of Armagh

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bard of Armagh"The Bard of Armagh0525053205400525053250232352532052054005025053250230252532050540050250532505Book: O'Neill's 363Notes:"Plaintive.""collected by Mary O'Neill."

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X: 363
T:The Bard of Armagh
M:3/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 363
N:"Plaintive."
N:"collected by Mary O'Neill."
K:D
A|(dfd|e)(a>g)|(fed)|(cA>)A|
(df).d|(ea>)g|fde/2f/2|g2(f/2g/2)|
(af)a|(gf)e|(d>fe/2d/2)|(cA>)A|
d>(ef/2d/2)|ea>g|fde/2f/2|g2(e/2f/2)|
afa|gfe|ded|cA>A|
d>(ef/2d/2)|ea>g|fde|d2||
FAQ

Questions about The Bard of Armagh

  • The Bard of Armagh is in D, in 3/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

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

  • 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.