Key of A
The Boys from the East
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1664 T:The Boys from the East M:2/4 L:1/16 B:O'Neill's 1664 K:A (3EFG \ | AGAE CEAc | e^dec Acea | faeadaca | BABc dBGE | | AGAE CEAc | e^dec Acea | (3fga ed cBAG | A2A2A2 :| |: E-G \ | BABG EGBc | dcdB GBed | cBcA EAcd | e^cef e2f-g | | agae fdBG | ABcd eaec | dfed cBAG | A2A2A2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Boys from the East
The Boys from the East is in A, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 88% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.