Key of D

The Blackbird

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Blackbird"The Blackbird30242060024545050545Tenor Banjo0325540254000Tenor Banjo05023525323535320Tenor Banjo~502353202555023Tenor Banjo532535320254023205Tenor Banjo~402542054000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 200Notes:"Slow" "2nd Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:200
T:The Blackbird
N:"Slow" "2nd Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 200
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
A|B2 {cB}A>^G|A2 (3ABc|d>c dA|G2 {AG}FG|
A2 {g}fd|{d}cA BG|F2 D>D|D2 z:|
A|de fg|a2 fa|g>f ga|g2 {ag}fe|
de fg|"~"(ag) fe|f2 d>d|.d(e fg)|
a>g fa|g2 {ag}fe|fd cA|f2 {gf}ed|
cA BG|F"~"B AG|F2 D>D|D2 z||
FAQ

Questions about The Blackbird

  • The Blackbird is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.