hornpipe · Key of D

The boys of Bluehill

O’Neill 1907 no. 898

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys of Bluehill"The boys of BluehillHornpipeanon. (Ireland)452040040202505025520320520525220400402025050255203205555235252532323575325520320520525220400402025050255203205555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 898

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X:898
T:The boys of Bluehill
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 898
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
(FG)|BAFA D2(FA)|BABd e2(de)|faaf egfe|dfed B2(dB)|BAFA D2(FA)|BABd e2(de)|faaf egfe|d2dd d2:|
|:(fg)|afdf a2(gf)|gfga b2(ag)|faaf egfe|dfed B2(dB)|BAFA D2(FA)|BABd e2(de)|faaf egfe|d2ddd2:|
FAQ

Questions about The boys of Bluehill

  • The boys of Bluehill is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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