Key of F

When I Crossed the Valley

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "When I Crossed the Valley"When I Crossed the Valley31105313135311053530503501131Tenor Banjo10531313531105350135310501Tenor Banjo31105335305030135353035010Tenor Banjo5351053030350133531535011053Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 256Notes:"Moderate""Collected by J.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 256
T: When I Crossed the Valley
B: O'Neill's 256
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:F
c>B \
| (BAGF) f3g | {fg}a2g>f (fe)(dc) | d3c A>GA>c | d2e>f f2c>B |
| (BAGF) f3g | {fg}a2g>f (fe)(dc) | d>efg agfe | ~d3e f2 ||
|| (g>f) \
| (fedc) c2a2 | (ge)(d>e) c2A>B | c3d c>dc>A | (c3d/e/ f3)e |
| d>cd>f ({e}d2c).A | cA (cd/e/) f3g | {g}agfd (cd/e/) fB | A3G F2 ||
FAQ

Questions about When I Crossed the Valley

  • When I Crossed the Valley is in F, 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.