The Boys Of Bluehill in D Major — Hornpipe | Tenor Banjo TAB & D Whistle Fingering

Japanese version: The Boys Of Bluehill（Dメジャー・Hornpipe）｜バンジョーTABとD管ホイッスル運指

“The Boys Of Bluehill,” an Irish session hornpipe, has been converted with ABC2Tab for D tin whistle and GDAE tenor banjo. The score shows standard notation, note-by-note whistle fingering, and banjo string and fret positions.

Basic information

• Tune type: Hornpipe
• Time signature: 4/4
• Key: D Major
• Tenor banjo tuning: GDAE
• Whistle: D tin whistle (zero unsupported notes)

Both the whistle-fingering score and banjo TAB use consistent four-measure systems.

D tin whistle: standard notation and fingering

Six circles appear below every note. A filled circle means covered, an open circle means uncovered, and the top circle is nearest the mouthpiece.

Tenor banjo: standard notation and GDAE TAB

Note names appear above the staff and TAB below it. The strings are tuned G-D-A-E from lowest to highest; numbers are frets and 0 is an open string.

How to practise

1. Keep a steady 4/4 pulse and begin slowly enough to make every note even.
2. Repeat each four-measure system, checking whistle fingering and banjo position separately.
3. Play with the practice audio, then use the fuller arrangement to hear the complete tune flow.

Source and conversion method

The melody was checked against public setting #651 on The Session.

Source: The Boys Of Bluehill on The Session

The public ABC notation was entered into ABC2Tab and converted to D-whistle fingering and GDAE tenor-banjo TAB. This article does not reproduce The Session’s page text.