hornpipe · Key of G

The Wily Old Bachelor

O’Neill 1903 no. 1751

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Wily Old Bachelor"The Wily Old BachelorHornpipe333305405025045202304040502532025452025452405025045202304040520024525357303532353235323730353232357535730353233202350235252304525Book: O'Neill's 1751

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X:1751
T:The Wily Old Bachelor
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1751
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (DC) | B,DGA BGDB, | CEAB cAFD | B,DGA BGc>B | (3ABG (3FGE (3DEC (3B,CA, |
          B,DGA BGDB, | CEAB cAFD | B,DGB ADEF  |   G2    B2    G2         :|
|: (ga) | bgeg  dgBg  | dgBg dgBg | bgeg  dgBg  |      fgab     a2   (ga)   |
          bgeg  dgBg  | cBAB cdef | gdBG  EcAF  |   G2    B2    G2         :|
FAQ

Questions about The Wily Old Bachelor

  • The Wily Old Bachelor is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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 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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