set dance · Key of G

The downfall of Paris

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The downfall of Paris"The downfall of ParisLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)333024550550502320500200200232052202202532053200200202305420550550502320500200200232052023553202350532352502304555Tenor Banjo23552552053233233253202202202532053200200202305420Tenor Banjo335505505023205002002002320520235053202350532352502304555Tenor Banjo32350232052530532055002202350232052530532050232504555Tenor Banjo320545023205445023202350232052530532050232504555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 957
ABC notation source
X:957
T:The downfall of Paris
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 957
R:Long dance, set dance
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(3(DEF) |\
G2(GA) G2(GA) | G2(AB) cBAG | A2(AB) A2(AB) | A2(AB) cBAG |\
B2(BA) B2(BA) | Bdg(f e)dcB | A2(AB) A2(AB) | ABcA (GFED) |\
G2(GA) G2(GA) | G2(AB) cBAG | A2(AB) A2(AB) | A2(AB) cBAG |\
B(ABc ) d2(dc) | B(ABc) d(edc) | (3(Bcd)(BG) (3(ABc)(AF) | G2G2G2 :|
|: (Bc) |\
d2(dB) d2(dB) | e2d2c2B2 | c2(cB) c2(cB) | d2c2B2A2 |\
B2(BA) B2(BA) | Bdg(f ed)cB | A2(AB) A2(AB) | ABcA G(FED) |
G2(GA)G2(GA) | G2(AB) cBAG | A2(AB) A2(AB) | A2(AB) cBAG |\
B(ABc) ded(c | B)ABc d(edc) | (3(Bcd)(BG) (3(ABc)(AF) | G2G2G2 :|
|: (Bc) |\
d2(ef) gfed | Bdg(e dc)BA | G2G2A2A2 | B2B2 A2(Bc) |\
d2(ef) gfed | Bdg(e dc)BA | G2(3(ABc) BGAF | G2G2G2 :|
|: (BAG) |\
F2G2A2B2 | c2B2A2G2 | F2(FG) A2B2 | c2B2 A2(Bc) |\
d2(ef) gfed | Bdg(e dc)BA | G2(3(ABc) BGAF | G2G2G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The downfall of Paris

  • The downfall of Paris is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 set dance, written in 2/4.

  • 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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