Key of D

The Four Courts

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Four Courts"The Four Courts3520040005200405520040005424240545Tenor Banjo0040005200405450603202452305Tenor Banjo05404440544050540444045230505Tenor Banjo334044405440502452545402452305Tenor Banjo5200422502045520042245230552Tenor Banjo33040425250204502452045402452305Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1396Notes:"No. 1" "collected by Ennis"
ABC notation source
X:1396
T:The Four Courts
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"No. 1" "collected by Ennis"
B:O'Neill's 1396
K:D
dB   | ADFD  ADGB  | ADFD  G2 GB      | ADFD   ADGF       | ((3EFE) cA G2 FG |
       ADFD  ADGB  | ADFD  G2 FG      | A^GA=c BAB^c      |      dB=cA G2    ||
(AG) | F2 AF cFAG  | F2 cA G2 AG      | F2 AF  cFAc       |      dB=cA G2 AG |
       F2 AF cFAG  | F2 cA G2 ((3ABc) | dfdc   dc ((3ABc) |      dB=cA G2    ||
(dB) | A2 Ac B2 Bd | ABAF  G2 dB      | A2 Ac  B2 Bc      |      dB=cA G2 dB |
       AFAc  BGBd  | ABAF  G2 ((3ABc) | dfec   dc ((3ABc) |      dB=cA G2    |]
FAQ

Questions about The Four Courts

  • The Four Courts is in D, 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 6.

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

  • 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.