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 Boy35023535735205552350355553523Tenor Banjo5335735205552350305055550235Tenor Banjo7533352551332533371Tenor Banjo153352055523503050555Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 26"Notes:"Tenderly" "3rd Setting"
ABC notation source
X: 26
T: The Black Slender Boy
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 26"
N: "Tenderly" "3rd Setting"
K:G
c/2-A/2 (G/2A/2B/2c/2) \
| d>-g {ga}b-a g/2-f/2d/2-c/2 \
| B>A GG G/2-A/2B/2c/2 \
| d>A c/2-A/2G/2-A/2 GG \
| G3 c/2-A/2 G/2-A/2B/2c/2 |
| dg {ga}b-a g/2-f/2d/2-c/2 \
| BA GG G/2-A/2B/2c/2 \
| dA c/2A/2G/2A/2 GG \
G3 || (de/2f/2) g/2a/2 |
| (ba/2g/2) gg a/2-g/2f/2-d/2 \
| d3 d/2-e/2 =f/2-d/2c/2-B/2 \
| c3 B/2-c/2 dg \
| g3 g/2-a/2 b/2-g/2=f/2-e/2 |
| =f2 ag g/2-^f/2d/2-c/2 \
| B>A GG G/2-A/2.B/2.c/2 \
| dA c/2A/2G/2A/2 GG \
| 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. 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. 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.