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The Bonnie Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bonnie Boy"The Bonnie Boy330542052450452042254205245045404005Tenor Banjo342052450452042254024547452054005Tenor Banjo3334200420004200422542000200052054005Tenor Banjo342004200052042254024547452040Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1438Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1438
T:The Bonnie Boy
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1438
K:A
(ed) | cBAa ((3fga)  ec   | dfec B2 (Bd) |    cBAa ((3fga) ec | dgec A2 (Ad) |
       cBAa ((3fga) (ec)  | dfec B2 (Bd) |    cefg      agbg  | afed cAAd    ||
((3cBA) (ec) fAeA | ((3cBA) (ec) B2 (Bd) | ((3cBA) (eA) fAeA  | dfed cAAd    |
((3cBA) (ec) fAeA |        dfec  B2 (Bd) |    cefg      agbg  | afec A2      |]
FAQ

Questions about The Bonnie Boy

  • The Bonnie Boy is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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.