set dance · Key of D

The blackbird

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The blackbird"The blackbirdLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)53253202050230545054045054002445Tenor Banjo020545054045054000502523575323523323752Tenor Banjo3532550205023575323523532555023575323523530Tenor Banjo1)205402450502350545023054045054000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 985
ABC notation source
X:985
T:The blackbird
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 985
R:Long dance, set dance
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
(d=c)|B2d2|=c2B2|ABAG|AB=cA|dcde|dcAF|GAGF|D2(DE)|F2(FG)|
A2(fe)|dcde dcAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2::(de)|f2d2|f2g2|abag|fgaf|g2(gf)|gbaf|
gagf|d2(de)|fede|f2g2|abag|fgaf|gagf|d2d2|defg|abag|fgaf|gage|
f2(ed)|c2(AB)|c2(de)|defg|"^1)"a3 z|A3G|FGAB|=c3e|d^cAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2:|
FAQ

Questions about The blackbird

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

  • 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 set dance, written in 2/4.

  • 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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