jig · Key of Cm

BLACK EYED SUSAN

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "BLACK EYED SUSAN"BLACK EYED SUSAN5356532355166531355Tenor Banjo3561613151156156Tenor Banjo1361565323531356155Tenor Banjo356316535323Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 54Notes:"Slow""Collected by F.O'Neill"2nd Setting.Only 15 bars.
ABC notation source
X: 54
T: BLACK EYED SUSAN
B: O'Neill's 54
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
N: 2nd Setting.
N: Only 15 bars.
K:Cm
G \
| (c2d) (edc) | (=B2c) G2G | (_B2A) (AGF) | (E2F) HG2 G |
| (c2d e2)B | e2~f Hg3 | fdB B2(d/e/) | f2d e2 ||
|| B \
| (g2e) (f2d) | (edc) (=B2c) | G3- G2F | (E>FG/A/) BG zG/ |
| (c2d) (egf) | e>dc (Gc=B) | c3- c2 ||
FAQ

Questions about BLACK EYED SUSAN

  • BLACK EYED SUSAN is in Cm, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 82% 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 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.

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