Key of G

The Black Eyed Sailor

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Black Eyed Sailor"The Black Eyed Sailor52505250230255205023230200540245250525320235023052323052302553735373253255025252523753250237353732532552305232305230255Book: O'Neill's 1475Notes:"collected by Tobin"

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X:1475
T:The Black Eyed Sailor
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Tobin"
B:O'Neill's 1475
K:G
G2 (BG) DGBG |  ABcA   BGGB |   AGAB  cBcA | EAAG  FDEF   |
G2 (BG) DGBd |  cBAB   cdef |   gedB  cBce | dBcA (BG) G2 ||
g2 (bg) dgbg | f2 (ag) fdde | f2 (af) dfaf | gbag  fdef   |
g2 (bg) dgbg | f2  ag  fddf |   gedB  cBce | dBcA (BG) G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Black Eyed Sailor

  • The Black Eyed Sailor is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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.