jig · Key of G

The barefoot boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The barefoot boy"The barefoot boyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)20550540042405505055304055054004502523040555322300Tenor Banjo12205450252303252302230020545025230405555253205032350304502555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 276
ABC notation source
X:276
T:The barefoot boy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 276
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
E|DGG TA2G|FDD FEF|DGG A2G|Add cAF|DGG TA2G|FDD FGA|BdB cAF|AGG G2:|c|B2B cAA|
BAG FGA|BdB cAc|BGB c2A|[1B2B cAA|BAG FGA|BdB cAF|AGG G2:|[2GBd gfe|dec Bcd|ecA FGA|BGG G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The barefoot boy

  • The barefoot boy is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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