Key of D

THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY"THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY502002545050250200250250555023235752520500232357522000232357525205050200250250555Book: O'Neill's 79Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.ONeill"

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X: 79
T: THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY
B: O'Neill's 79
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.ONeill"
K:D
de \
| fA AB | d2 cd | e2de | f2de \
| fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 :| ef |
| gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 ef \
| gf ga | b2 af | f2 e2 | e2 ef |
| gf ga | b2 af | af ed | e2 de \
| fA AB | de fd | e2 d>d | d2 ||
FAQ

Questions about THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY

  • THE BOLD SOLDIER BOY is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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.