Key of G

The Brown Haired Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Brown Haired Boy"The Brown Haired Boy502502357505322050250235750520253578753235205023532205025023575052025Book: O'Neill's 155Notes:"Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:155
T:The Brown Haired Boy
N:"Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 155
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
(G>A)|B2 d2 ef|(~g3 a2 b2)|d2 (edcB)|(B2 A2) (G>A)|
B2 d2 ef|(~g3 a b2)|(d>e) (d>B) (A>B)|G4||
(g>a)|b2 (c'ba>g)|(f>g) (af)(ed)|(e>f) (gd)(cB)|(B2 A2) (G>A)|
B2 d2 ef|(~g3 a b2)|(d>e) (d>B) (A>B)|G4||
FAQ

Questions about The Brown Haired Boy

  • The Brown Haired Boy is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 91% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.