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The bonnie boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The bonnie boy"The bonnie boyReelanon. (Ireland)3330542052450452042254205245045204005420524504Tenor Banjo335204225402454745205400542004200042004225Tenor Banjo334200020005205400542000200052042254024547452040Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 675
ABC notation source
X:675
T:The bonnie boy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 675
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
(ed)|cBAa (3(fga) ec|dfec B2(Bd)|cBAa (3(fga) ec|dfec A2(Ad)|cBAa (3(fga) (ec)|
dfec B2(Bd)|cefg agbg|afed cAAd||(3(cBA) (ec) fAeA|(3(cBA) (ec) B2(Bd)|
(3(cBA) (eA) fAeA|dfed cAAd|(3(cBA) (eA) 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.

  • It is a reel, 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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