hornpipe · Key of D

The Soldier's joy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Soldier's joy"The Soldier's joyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)345040404040554204040404522450404040405550252502304555Tenor Banjo35025252532054502302525253205420502050253204040230252502304555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 868
ABC notation source
X:868
T:The Soldier's joy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 868
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(FG)|AFDF AFDF|A2d2 d2(cB)|AFDF AFDF|G2E2 E2(FG)|\
AFDF AFDF|A2d2 d2(de)|fafd (3efg ec|d2d2d2:|
|:(de)|fdfd fagf|edcd efge|fdfd fagf|edcB A2(de)|\
fede fagf|ecAc efge|fafd (3efg ec|d2d2d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Soldier's joy

  • The Soldier's joy is in D, 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.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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