hornpipe · Key of A

The Redhaired Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Redhaired Boy"The Redhaired BoyHornpipe06200602450204545054202402624620Tenor Banjo20060245020454505575405400Tenor Banjo0242454024204545054202402624620Tenor Banjo20060245020454505575405400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1748Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1748
T:The Redhaired Boy
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1748
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   (AG) | EAAG  ABcd  | efec d2(cd) | edcB ABcA | BGEF G2(ED) |
          EAAG  ABcd  | efec d2(cd) | eaab aged | c2A2 A2    :|
|: (ef) | gfga g2(ef) | gfec d2(cd) | edcB ABcA | BGEF G2(ED) |
          EAAG  ABcd  | efec d2(cd) | eaab aged | c2A2 A2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Redhaired Boy

  • The Redhaired Boy is in A, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 91% 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 hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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