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The four courts

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The four courts"The four courtsNo. 2Reelanon. (Ireland)4042054042452404204525245240420540424524042045252452Tenor Banjo33400425204024524004245045252452400425204024524004245405252452Tenor Banjo504504504245250450452524525474547454042452547454045252452Tenor Banjo4400400040004024520040004052524520040004000402452004000405252452Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 641
ABC notation source
X:641
T:The four courts
T:No. 2
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 641
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
(c2A)(c B2)A(d|c2)A(c Bc)dB|(c2A)(c B2)A(c|d2)f(d Bc)dB|(c2A)(c B2)A(d|c2)A(c Bc)dB|(c2A)(c B2)A(c|d2)f(d Bc)dB||
cee(g f2)d(f|e2)c(A Bc)dB|ceeg (3(fga) e(c|d2)f(d Bc)dB|cee(g f2)d(f|e2)c(A Bc)dB|ceeg (3(fga) c(e|d2) f(d Bc)dB||
(a2e)(g a2)e(g|a2) e(c Bc)dB|(a2e)(g a2)e(c|d2)f(d Bc)dB|(agb)(g ag)b(g|ag)e(c Bc)dB|(agb)(g ag)e(c|d2)f(d Bc)dB||
("^4"eAcA) ("^4"eAcA)|(eAc)(A Bc)dB|(eAcA) (eAcA)|(d2f)(d Bc)dB|(eAcA) (eAcA)|(eAc)(A Bc)dB|(eAc)A (eA)c(A|d2)f(d Bc)dB|]
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Questions about The four courts

  • The four courts 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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