Key of G
The Pretty Girls of Ballymena
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 42 T: The Pretty Girls of Ballymena M: C L: 1/8 B: "O'Neill's 42" N: "Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill" K:G B | .G.E.E.G .D.B,.D.E | .G.A.B.G A2zB/2-A/2 | .G.E.E.G DB,DE | GBAG G2zB/2-A/2 | GEEG DB,DE | GABG A3 B/2-c/2 | dBcA BGFE | DcBA G2z || D | GABc d2 eB | d2 eB cAAG | FGAB c2 dA | c2 dA cBBA | GABc d2 ed | cdef ~g2 (a/2g/2f/2e/2) | dgec B2 AG | FGAc BG G2 ||
FAQ
Questions about The Pretty Girls of Ballymena
The Pretty Girls of Ballymena is in G, in C 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.
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.