Key of G

The Banks of The Black Water

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Sheet Music for "The Banks of The Black Water"The Banks of The Black Water352530522530532052024502550237532050520555202502505325205250235502025252205255023753205052052502350245025305052055Book: "O'Neill's 50"Notes:"Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X: 50
T:The Banks of The Black Water
M:3/4
L:1/4
B:"O'Neill's 50"
N:"Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:G
G3/4-A/4 | B d g/2e/2 | d B (3(B/2d/2g/2) | (e/2d/2c/2B/2A/2G/2) | (B/2D/2E/2F/2G/2A/2) |
B d (d/4e/4f/2) | g> b (a/4g/4f/4e/4) | d3/4e/4 d/2B/2 A3/4G/4 | G2 ||
G/2E/2 | D> (EG/2D/2) | E G A/2-B/2 | {d}c/2B/2 d/2B/2 A/2G/2 | E2 (d/4e/4f/2) |
g G (G/4A/4B/2) | A B d3/4-g/4 | (f/2-e/2 d/2-c/2 B/2-c/2) | B A G3/4-A/4 |
B d (d/4e/4f/2) | g> b (a/4g/4f/4e/4) | d3/4e/4 d/2B/2 A/2G/2 | E2 G/2A/2 |
B3/4c/4 .d/2 (D/2E/2F/2) | G3/4A/4 B/2 (d/2g/2e/2) | d3/4e/4 .d/2 (B/2A/2G/2) | G2 ||
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Questions about The Banks of The Black Water

  • The Banks of The Black Water is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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.