Key of Am

The Bird Alone

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bird Alone"The Bird Alone25003205233020520602626200026Tenor Banjo002350031505305260Tenor Banjo052023503503150530520226Tenor Banjo0023052353205206026204222Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 475Notes:"Moderate" "collected by J.O'Neill"Irish title: an ean aonar
ABC notation source
X:475
T:The Bird Alone
N:"Moderate" "collected by J.O'Neill"
N:Irish title: an ean aonar
B:O'Neill's 475
M:C
L:1/8
K:Am
EG | A2 A>c BAGE | c2 c>A BAGE | A^GAB (GE)G>E | D2 D2 D2 E^G |
A2 AB c2 d2 | e2 eg f2 d2 | edcA G2 E^G | A6 ||
AG | E2 AB c>dec | d2 eg f2 d2 | edcA G2 ED | E6 E^G |
A2 A>B cAGE | c2 d>c BAGE | A^GAB GEDB, | A,2 A,2 A,2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Bird Alone

  • The Bird Alone is in Am, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.