jig · Key of A

The Blackbird And The Hen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Blackbird And The Hen"The Blackbird And The Hen054452240024452252450442000054452240024457252450775555450230545024555300052020000544054225420024052205424504522000Book: O'Neill's 1837

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X:1837
T:The Blackbird And The Hen
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1837
K:A
(e/d/) |.c(cd) .B(Bc) |.A(AB/c/) {c}.d2 B | (fd).B (c/d/e).c | {c}BAA A2 (e/d/)|
         ccd    BBc   | AA(B/c/) {c}d2  b |   fdB  (c/d/e)b  |    baa a2 :|
|:(d/c/) |(de).f (=ge)(d/c/)|def/^g/ a2 a |({a}=ge).e ({e}dB).A |Bee e2 (e/d/)|
.c(c/e/d/c/) .B(B/d/c/B/) | .A(A/B/c/A/) d2 B |\
.f(e/d/c/B/) (c/d/)(e/c/)(d/B/) | BAA A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Blackbird And The Hen

  • The Blackbird And The Hen is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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