Key of D

The Blackbird

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Blackbird"The Blackbird502450254205025305453045054002Tenor Banjo5445020545304505400045024Tenor Banjo5023532532353255Tenor Banjo50235325325555023Tenor Banjo5323523753253023505023545Tenor Banjo05450230530454000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 201Notes:"Moderate""3rd Setting""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 201
T: The Blackbird
B: O'Neill's 201
N: "Moderate"
N: "3rd Setting"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K:D
((5DEFGA) \
| (B3d) (c2B2) | (A3G) (AB{d}=cA) | (d2c2) (d=cAF) | (GAGF) D2(DE) |
| F2(FG) A2(fe) | (d3c) (d=cAF) | (GAGF) D2D2 | D4 :| ((5FGABc) |
| d3e f2g2 | (a3g) (f2a2) | (g3f) (g2a2) | (g3f) (d2a2) |
| (d3e) f2g2 | (a3g) f2a2 | (g3f) d2d2 | d4 defg |
| (a3g) (fgaf) | g3b (agfd) | =c2(AB) c2(de) | (.d.e.f.g) Ha2 (FG) |
| A3G (FGAB) | =c3e (dcAF) | G3F D2D2 | D4 ||
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 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.