set dance · Key of G

The blackthorn stick

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The blackthorn stick"The blackthorn stickLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)5205250025550502332052520050233205255Tenor Banjo053205252040255505023320525505320525002555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 984
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X:984
T:The blackthorn stick
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 984
R:Long dance, set dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d|BAG (E2G)|D2(D E)GG|G2D GAB|c2c BA(G|B)dB A2D|GAB c2c|BA(G B)dd|
(ed)(c B)AG|EGE DB,(D|E)GG G2D|GAB c2c|BA(G B)dd|(ed)(c B)AG|E2G D2(D|E)GG G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The blackthorn stick

  • The blackthorn stick is in G, in 6/8 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.

  • It is a set dance, written in 6/8.

  • 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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