Key of D

The Blackbird

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Blackbird"The Blackbird~~550245022420500245450505420245020540002450Tenor Banjo~~~~22420502054505054202450205400Tenor Banjo~~~~~0245055025023250454050550250253255023Tenor Banjo~~~~5325320545025320540545205400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 199Notes:"Very slow" "1st Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:199
T:The Blackbird
N:"Very slow" "1st Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 199
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
(5D/E/F/G/A/|B2 (B2{cB}AG) A2 (A3/2B/4c/4)|"~"(dc)(dA) (G3/2A/4G/4) (FE)|(D>E)(~FG) (A>"~"BA>).G|T(F2 D2) D2 (5D/E/F/G/A/|
B2 (B2{cB}AG) A2 "~"(fe)|"~"(dc)(dA) (G3/2A/4G/4) ("~"FE)|D>E~FG (A>"~"BA).G|T(F2 D2) D2||
(D/E/F/G/)|(A<d)(~d>e) "~"fd (e3/2f/4g/4)|"~"(fd)"~"(ec) "~"(dc)(A>G)|(A<d)(~d>e) "~"(fd) (ef/{a}g/)|f2 d2 defg|
"~"(ag)(f<a) Tg2 "~"(fe)|(d>c)(de) Tf2 {a}(gf/e/)|"~"(dc A/G/F) (G>"~"BA>)G|T(F2 D2) D2||
FAQ

Questions about The Blackbird

  • The Blackbird is in D, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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.

  • 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.