reel · Key of G

The threepenny bit

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The threepenny bit"The threepenny bitReelanon. (Ireland)333000002025032505250000020245205255000002025Tenor Banjo303250525330225020525525520235250250525Tenor Banjo33325555025252052552555502352302505253302250205255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 619
ABC notation source
X:619
T:The threepenny bit
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 619
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
AD (3DDD EDEG|AcBG AGEG|AD (3DDD EDEF|G2({B}(A)G) EGG2|AD (3DDD EDEG|
AcBG AGEG|Tc2cA TB2BG|ABAG EGG2||Bddf (3(efg) dB|GABG AGEG|
Bd (3ddd efdB|G2 ({B}(A)G) EGG2|Bd (3ddd (3(efg) dB|cABG AGEG|Tc2cA TB2BG|ABAG EGG2|]
FAQ

Questions about The threepenny bit

  • The threepenny bit 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.

  • It is a reel, 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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