Key of G

The Black Slender Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Black Slender Boy"The Black Slender Boy5235325323205402305325305523Tenor Banjo53253232540230535253055Tenor Banjo92557573732555131535235023502357Tenor Banjo333753253232554023053353055Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 25"Notes:"Tenderly" "2nd Setting"
ABC notation source
X: 25
T: The Black Slender Boy
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 25"
N: "Tenderly" "2nd Setting"
K:G
G/2-A/2 Bc \
| d>-g (g/2f/2d/2c/2) Bc/2-A/2 \
| B>A GF/2-G/2 (A/2B/2c/2A/2) \
| d-g (g/2f/2d/2 c/2) A>-G \
| G3 G/2-A/2 Bc |
d-g (g/2f/2d/2c/2) Bc/2-A/2 \
| B>-A GF/2-G/2 (A/2B/2c/2A/2) \
| dg (d/2f/2d/2c/2) A>G \
| G3 ||
B/2-c/2 dd \
| b2 ab/2-a/2 g/2-f/2b/2-a/2 \
| g>f d-c dd/2-e/2 \
| =f-a (g/2f/2d/2c/2) d/2-g/2^f/2-a/2 \
| g2 (9(G/4A/4B/4c/4d/4e/4f/4g/4a/4) b-a |
g-a (3(b/2a/2g/2) (3(f/2d/2c/2) Bc/2-A/2 \
| B>G GF-G (A/2B/2c/2A/2) \
| dg g/2- f/2d/2c/2 A>G \
| G3 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Black Slender Boy

  • The Black Slender Boy is in G, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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. 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.