Key of D

The Bold Deserter

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bold Deserter"The Bold Deserter20502040250205204240000240502320502052042400240502320502052042402050204025020520424000Book: O'Neill's 291Notes:"Moderate""Collected by Mrs.Cantwell"

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X: 291
T: The Bold Deserter
B: O'Neill's 291
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by Mrs.Cantwell"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:D
(fe) \
| d2A2 B2(AF) | (AB)(de) (fe)(dB) | (AF)(EF) D2D2 | D6 || (DE) |
| F2A2 d2(ef) | g2f2 e2(de) | (fe)(dB) (AF)(EF) | A6 (DE) |
| F2A2 d2(ef) | g2f2 e2(de) | (fe)(dB) (AF)(EF) | A6 (fe) |
| d2A2 B2(AF) | (AB)(de) (fe)(dB) | (AF)(EF) D2D2 | D6 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Bold Deserter

  • The Bold Deserter is in D, in C 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.