Key of D
The Boys of Bluehill
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1700 T:The Boys of Bluehill M:2/4 L:1/16 B:O'Neill's 1700 N:"collected by West" K:D F-A \ | BAFA D2F-A | BABd e2d-e | faaf egfe | dfed B2d-B | | BAFA D2F-A | BABd e2d-e | faaf egfe | d2ddd2 :| |: f-g \ | afdf a2g-f | gfgab2a-g | faaf egfe | dfedB2d-B | | BAFAD2F-A | BABde2d-e | faaf egfe | d2ddd2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Boys of Bluehill
The Boys of Bluehill is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
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.