reel · Key of Ador
The blackberry blossom
O’Neill 1907 no. 560
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:560 T:The blackberry blossom C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 560 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador (ge)|dBAc BAGA|BcBA B2(ge)|dBAc BGGB|Aaag a2:|(ef)|gfge gbaf| gfga beef|gfga bagf|eaag a2(ef)|gfge gbaf|gfga beeg|(3(bag) af gfed|eaaga2|]
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Questions about The blackberry blossom
The blackberry blossom is in Ador, in C| time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
Moderate. 94% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.