jig · Key of G

the Boy of My Heart

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Boy of My Heart"the Boy of My Heart0025000250250232025223353250252032320520052055000022024502320252235322025220323205200Book: O'Neill's 261Notes:"Gaily""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 261
T: the Boy of My Heart
B: O'Neill's 261
N: "Gaily"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
D2 \
| (DEG) A2A | (ABG) A2E | (GAB) (cBA) | (BGE) E2c |
| (c>dc) B2G | (A2E) (G2E) | .D(cB) (cBA) | GED D2 ||
|| (G/E/) \
| (DG).G (DA).A | (DB).B A2(E/F/) | (GAB) (c>BA) | (B2G) (E2B) |
| (c>dc) B2B | A2E G2E/E/ | .D(cB) (cBA) | GED D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about the Boy of My Heart

  • the Boy of My Heart is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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