hornpipe · Key of Dmix

The boys of Ballysimon

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys of Ballysimon"The boys of BallysimonHornpipeanon. (Ireland)35320520230530454504024054002053232050230530454504024052002045055323250205424005532325020455420520230530454504024052002035323205054502302050304520400205325523205054532303045204002045050323250205305405502325020450235325320250253205040240520020Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 839

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X:839
T:The boys of Ballysimon
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 839
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Dmix
(dc)|BAGB ABcA|dcAF G2 (FG)|AFDE FAGF|D2 (DE) D2 (dc)|\
Bc (3(BAG) ABcA|dcAF G2 (FG)|AFDE FAGE|D2 DE D2:|
|:(FG)|Addg fgfd|efed ^cBcA|Addg fgfd|efe^c d2 (dc)|\
BAGB ABcA|dcAF G2 (FG)|AFDE FAGE|D2 DE D2:|
|:(dc)|Bc (3BAG AGFG|ABcA f2 (ed)|ecAF GBAF|D2 (DE) D2 (dc)|\
BGGB cBAG|AGFG g2 (fg)|ecAF GBAF|D2 DE D2:|
|:(FG)|Adeg fgfd|efed ^ cAGF|Adde fgfd|efe^c defg|\
agfa gfef|defd cBAG|AFDE FAGE|D2 DE D2:|
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Questions about The boys of Ballysimon

  • The boys of Ballysimon is in Dmix, in C| 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 hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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