jig · Key of Dmix

The boys of Ballinamore

O’Neill 1907 no. 167

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys of Ballinamore"The boys of BallinamoreDouble jiganon. (Ireland)52304550230523045450502053045502305230454505453205023033333205023530550205023033333252023050205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 167

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X:167
T:The boys of Ballinamore
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 167
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmix
d/B/W||cAF TG2G|ABc AdB|cAF GFG|Ade fed|cAF TG2G|ABc AdB|cAF GFG|Ad^c d2 H:|
||g|fed efg|ecc gcc|fed efg|age d2 (d/e/)|fed efg|ecc gcc|faf (e/f/g)e|d2e fedW|
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Questions about The boys of Ballinamore

  • The boys of Ballinamore is in Dmix, in 6/8 time. The D mixolydian 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.

  • 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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