jig · Key of G

the Black Lettered List

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Black Lettered List"the Black Lettered List005022050033205255020542000502205003320525024502522455320233205022050542005022053500532555045025Book: O'Neill's 214Notes:"Animated""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 214
T: the Black Lettered List
B: O'Neill's 214
N: "Animated"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
D/D/ \
| GDB B>AG | ADc c>BA | d>BG G>AB | (A>GF/E/) D2D/D/ |
| GDB B>AG | (A<D)c c>BA | dBG DEF | GDB G2 ||
|| B \
| BFd d>cB | ABc cBA | G>AB BAG | (A>GF/E/) D2D |
| GDB BAG | c>de e>dc | B>dG GAF | GDB G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about the Black Lettered List

  • the Black Lettered List is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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