jig · Key of A

The boys of Ballinafad

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys of Ballinafad"The boys of BallinafadDouble jiganon. (Ireland)204004004040240024054220400404024520402000204004025024504020602622450400402502450542024000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 195

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X:195
T:The boys of Ballinafad
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 195
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
f|ecA AcA|ecA F2A|EFA ABc|edc B2f|ecA AcA|F2A E2c|d2f ecA|BAA A2:|
|:f|ecA Ace|fde fga|ecA {B}AGA|BGE Ecd|ecA Ace|fde fga|edc BAB|cAA A2:|
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Questions about The boys of Ballinafad

  • The boys of Ballinafad is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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