hornpipe · Key of A

The redhaired boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The redhaired boy"The redhaired boyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)06200602450204545054202402624520Tenor Banjo20060245020454505575405400Tenor Banjo0232353023204545054202402624520Tenor Banjo20060245020454505575405400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 921
ABC notation source
X:921
T:The redhaired boy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 921
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:A
(AG) |\
EAAG ABcd | efec d2(cd) | edcB ABcA | BGEF =G2(ED) |
EAAG ABcd | efec d2(cd) | eaab aged | c2A2A2 :|
|: (ef) |\
=gfga g2(ef) | =gfec d2(cd) | edcB ABcA | BGEF =G2(ED) |
EAAG ABcd | efec d2(cd) | eaab aged | c2A2A2 :|
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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. 93% 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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