jig · Key of D

The Boy From the Glens

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boy From the Glens"The Boy From the Glens052002050252025023555320520020502052052005325550502532353220250232325052502532353220252023555320Book: O'Neill's 892Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:892
T:The Boy From the Glens
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 892
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
e|dBA ABA|def dBA|BdA B2g|ada gfe|
dBA ABA|(d/e/f)e dBA|dBA eag|fdd d2:|
A|def {a}gfg|agf fef|def gfg|f2d edB|
def {a}gfg|agf fef|dBA B2g|ada gfe|]
FAQ

Questions about The Boy From the Glens

  • The Boy From the Glens is in D, in 6/8 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.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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