jig · Key of G
Black Donald The Piper
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:946
T:Black Donald The Piper.
B:O'Neill's 946
N:"collected by F. O'Neill."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:G
dBB efg | dBB BAG | dBB efg | dBG (A2 {BA}G) |
dBB ecc | dBB {c}BAG | A2 B cde | dBG {B}A2 G :|
|| gdd gee | gdc BAG | gddgee | dBG (A2 {BA}G) |
gdd gee | gdc BAG | A2 B cde | dBG {B}A2 G :|FAQ
Questions about Black Donald The Piper
Black Donald The Piper 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.