hornpipe · Key of D

The Jolly Little Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Jolly Little Boy"The Jolly Little BoyHornpipe30245450542052402042042540520540520325045420024020420425405205405330245452052052523230545204042050002454530520525232305230250403205Book: O'Neill's 1716Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1716
T:The Jolly Little Boy
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1716
R:Hornpipe
K:D
   ((3ABc) | dcdA GFED | GEFD EDB,A, | DFEG FAGB | Adce dfeg |
             fdAF GFED | DEFD EDB,A, | DFEG FAGB | Adce d2  :|
|: ((3ABc) | dcdf edBA | dfaf  gfge  | dcdf ecAc | BAGA A2((3ABc) |
             dcdg edBA | dfaf  gfge  | afge fdec | Agfe d2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The Jolly Little Boy

  • The Jolly Little Boy is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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