Key of D

Blind Mary

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Blind Mary"Blind MaryO'Carolan05544204502042450220520024542005023220402450024205450520502454200Book: O'Neill's 655Notes:"Very slow"collected by F.O'Neill.

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ABC notation source
X:655
T:Blind Mary
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 655
N:"Very slow"
N:collected by F.O'Neill.
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
A \
| d2 d>c | {c}B2 A(F/G/) | A>B AF | E3 (F/G/) \
| (Af) (f>e) | (dB) A(D/E/) | (F>G) ({F}E>D) | D3 ||
|| (d/e/) \
| f>g fB | e>c (AB/c/) | d>D D(E/F/) | E3 (A/G/) \
| (F>G) Ad | f>e d (D/E/) | (F>G) ({F}E>D) | D3 |]
FAQ

Questions about Blind Mary

  • Blind Mary is in D, in 2/4 time. The D 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.

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

  • 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.