reel · Key of G

The fourpenny bit

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fourpenny bit"The fourpenny bitReelanon. (Ireland)05523025525230400225050232054504055230253333525232353230250524503255533237332350235323D.C.33353235323523025553323733235023533235323532357532530D.C.Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 757

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ABC notation source
X:757
T:The fourpenny bit
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 757
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DGGB cABG|GBdB cAFA|DBBG AGAB|cBAG FGAF|DGGB cABG|
GBdB c2(Bc)|(3(dcB) cA BGAG|(3(EFG) Ac (BG)G2 H ||d>g (3(gfg) b>g (3(gfg)|defg agfg|
dgfg dgfg|dBcA (BG)G2|d>g (3(gfg) b>g (3(gfg)|defg ag (3(gfg)|dgfg dgfg|abag fdcA "_D.C." |]
FAQ

Questions about The fourpenny bit

  • The fourpenny bit is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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