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The dancer's delight

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The dancer's delight"The dancer's delightReelanon. (Ireland)331200000004005042024000000040250420422504200404554Tenor Banjo25042042040455047045204040455025042042040454020245452Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 580
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X:580
T:The dancer's delight
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 580
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
e>A (3AAA (eA)ce|eaec BABc|e>A (3AAA (eA)ce|[1faec BAFE:|[2faec B2A2||Aceg a2(ag)|
faec BAFE|Aceg a2(ae)|gbeg afec|Aceg a2(ae)|faec BAFE|Aceg a2(ge)|fefg agaf|]
FAQ

Questions about The dancer's delight

  • The dancer's delight is in A, in C| 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.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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