slip jig · Key of A

Blind Billy

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Blind Billy"Blind Billyslip jig50402040504042050402040222240205552040555502024555504022224020555555040555502024555504022224020Book: O'Neill's 1129

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ABC notation source
X:1129
T:Blind Billy
R:slip jig
B:O'Neill's 1129
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:A
dec A2f ecA | dec A2g f2e | dec A2f ecA | fBB Bce f2e :|
a2a a2f ecA | ada a2e f2e | fga ada ece | fBB Bce f2e |
ada ada ecA | ada a2e f2e | fga ada ece | fBB Bce f2e ||
FAQ

Questions about Blind Billy

  • Blind Billy is in A, in 9/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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