set dance · Key of D

The bold desertes

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The bold desertes"The bold desertesLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)205020402502052042400005405023205020520424005Tenor Banjo1)4050232050205204240205020402502052042400005Tenor Banjo1)40502320502052042402050204025020520424000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 982
ABC notation source
X:982
T:The bold desertes
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 982
R:Long dance, set dance
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
(fe)|d2A2 B2(AF)|ABde f(edB)|A(FEF) D2D2|D6 (AG)|F2A2 d2(ef)|g2f2 e2(de)|(fedB) AFEF|A6(AG)|
F2A2 d2(ef)|g2f2 e2(de)|f(edB) AFEF|"^1)"A6(fe)|d2A2 B2(AF)|ABde f(edB)|AFEF D2D2|D6(AG)|
F2A2 d2(ef)|g2f2 e2(de)|f(edB) AFEF|"^1)"A6(fe)|d2A2 B2(AF)|ABde f(edB)|AFEF D2D2|D4|]
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Questions about The bold desertes

  • The bold desertes is in D, in C 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 set dance, written in C.

  • 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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