reel · Key of A
Tie the Bonnet
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1351 T:Tie the Bonnet R:Reel N:Collected by Beamish B:O'Neill's 1351 M:C| L:1/8 K:A A2(Ag) fdec|A2(Ac) BGGB|A2(Ag) fdef|gfge dBGB:| a2(af) gfed|cAeA cAce|a2(af) gfef|gfge dBGB| a2(af) gfed|cAeA cAce|afge fdef|gfge dBGB|]
FAQ
Questions about Tie the Bonnet
Tie the Bonnet is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 94% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
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.