hornpipe · Key of G

The boys from Scart

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys from Scart"The boys from Scarthornpipeanon. (Ireland)532525252532305252035230252002053252525253230525203523025055Tenor Banjo333333535323535323537532050575350575350552320253532353532353753202525232023323Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 824
ABC notation source
X:824
T:The boys from Scart
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 824
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc) | BGBd BGBd | gfge dBGB | ecdB cABG | EAAB A2 (dc) |\
BGBd BGBd | gfge dBGB | ecdB cABG | D2 G2 G2 :|
|: z2 | d(g {a}(3gfg) d(g {a}(3gfg) | dgba gfed | e(a {b}(3aga) e(a {b}(3aga) | eaaf gfef |\
d(g {a}(3gfg) d(g {a}(3gfg) | dgba gfef | dfaf gfef | g2 gf g2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The boys from Scart

  • The boys from Scart is in G, 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 hornpipe, 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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