jig · Key of G

The Wild Irish Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Wild Irish Boy"The Wild Irish Boy02452025202402452540502320024Tenor Banjo52025204022452540502325Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 353Notes:"Boldly.""collected by Mrs. Fitzgerad"bar 4 has 7/8ths
ABC notation source
X: 353
T:The Wild Irish Boy
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 353
N:"Boldly."
N:"collected by Mrs. Fitzgerad"
N:bar 4 has 7/8ths
K:G
(DE/2F/2) \
| GBD (E/2G2).E/2 | DA,B, G,2(A,/2B,/2) \
| CEC (B,<D)G/2A/2 | BcB A2(DE/2F/2) |
  GBD (E/2G2).E/2 | DB,G, A,2(A,/2B,/2) \
| CEC (B,<D)G/2A/2 | BcB G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Wild Irish Boy

  • The Wild Irish Boy is in G, in 6/8 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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