Key of ADor

The Boyne Water

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boyne Water"The Boyne Water052002305320502320053202052020023053205023200532004505575404545054574540232353205320502320053200Book: O'Neill's 260Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X: 260
T: The Boyne Water
B: O'Neill's 260
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:ADor
AG \
| E2e2 efge | dcBA G2AB | c2BA edcB | ABAG E3D |
| E2e2 efge | dcBA G2AB | c2BA edcB | A4 A2 ||
|| ^cd \
| e2a2 a2b2 | a^ge^c d2cd | e2a2 ^gabg | a3^g e2f2 |
| =gfga g2fe | dcBA G2AB | c2BA edcB | A4 A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Boyne Water

  • The Boyne Water is in ADor, in C time.

  • 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. 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.