jig · Key of G

The Catholic Boys

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Catholic Boys"The Catholic Boys0055450232350532025235300554502323505320255502352353353205422020303105331055153235235304055Book: "O'Neill's 18"Notes:"With spirit" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X: 18
T: The Catholic Boys
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 18"
N: "With spirit" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:G
D | D-<G.G (GFG) | D-<B.B (cBc) | (d<ed) (cBA) | (BGE) (=F2 {GF}D) |
D-GG (GFG) | D-B.B (cBc) | (d>ed) (cBA) | B-<GG G2 ||
(d/2e/4f/4) | gdB gGg | gdc BAG | F-<=ff f>ef | A=FA c_BA |
G-<gg g>=fe | d-cd/2-e/2 =fdc | (B/2c/2d)B {cd}cAF | A-<GG G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Catholic Boys

  • The Catholic Boys is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major 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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