reel · Key of G

The Sporting Boys

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sporting Boys"The Sporting BoysReel205250320525520252502305232320525032052552020252320052323202535053525350532535050230523202535053525350532535032530523Book: O'Neill's 1350Notes:Collecrted by O'Reilly

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ABC notation source
X:1350
T:The Sporting Boys
R:Reel
N:Collecrted by O'Reilly
B:O'Neill's 1350
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(BA)|G2(BG) AcBA|G2(BG) GEDE|G2(BG) ABce|dBgBc2(BA)|
G2(BG) AcBA|G2(BG) GEDE|DEGB cBAe|dBgBc2||
BA|Bdgd edgd|Bdgde2dc|Bdgd edef|gedBc2BA|
Bdgd edgd|Bdgde2dc|Bdgd egfa|gedBc2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Sporting Boys

  • The Sporting Boys is in G, in C| time. The G 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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