Key of G

The Boys from Kerry

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boys from Kerry"The Boys from Kerry5020223050205202555505033052523550525050503305252355302525020223050205202555Book: O'Neill's 459Notes:"Moderate" "collected by F.O'Neill"Irish title: na buacailli.de ua ciarrai.ge

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X:459
T:The Boys from Kerry
N:"Moderate" "collected by F.O'Neill"
N:Irish title: na buacailli.de ua ciarrai.ge
B:O'Neill's 459
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
G>A | B3 A B>Bce | d2 A2 B2 AG | E2 D>E G2 G2 | G6 d2 |
e2 de g2 ge | d2 B G2 Bc | d2 d2 edBG | A6 d2 |
e2 de g2 ge | d3 B G2 Bc | d2 d2 cABG | E6 G>A |
B3 A B>Bce | d2 A2 B2 AG | E2 D>E G2 G2 | G6 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Boys from Kerry

  • The Boys from Kerry is in G, in C 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.

  • 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.