reel · Key of D

Merry Blacksmith, The

Also known as an ga.ba mea.dra.c

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Merry Blacksmith"The Merry Blacksmithan ga.ba mea.dra.c.reel050204002502040025025052005032055020400250204002502504520402353220505020400250250520050320575323205020400250250452040Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1509"Notes:"collected from F. O'Neill"

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X:1509
T:Merry Blacksmith, The
R:reel
N:"collected from F. O'Neill"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1509"
T: an ga.ba mea.dra.c.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
D2|d3A T(BA)FA|ABdA TBAFA|ABde fded|Beed egfe|
d2 dA TBAFA|ABdA TBAFA|ABde fdec|dBAF D2||
(fg)|a3g f2 Tfe|d2 {e}dA TBAFA|ABde fded|Beed egfe|
abag f2 {g}fe|d3A TBAFA|ABde fdec|dBAF D2||
FAQ

Questions about Merry Blacksmith, The

  • Merry Blacksmith, The is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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