Key of Em

The Dear Black Cow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Dear Black Cow"The Dear Black Cowf24542212454202Tenor Banjop4204240242024Tenor Banjo542212450544Tenor Banjo324502500320542Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 130Notes:"Very slow"
ABC notation source
X:130
T:The Dear Black Cow
N:"Very slow"
B:O'Neill's 130
M:3/8
L:1/16
K:Em
"f"(E>F)|(G4 F2)|E>EH^D2 (E>F)|(G4 F2)|E2 z2 (D>E)|
(F4 E2)|(">"D>B,">"A,>B,">"D>E)|("p"F4 E2)|D2 z2 (E>F)|
(G4 F2)|E>EH^D2 (E>F)|(G4 A2)|G>F F4|
(EFGAB>d)|e2He2 (3cBA|(G4 F2)|E4||
FAQ

Questions about The Dear Black Cow

  • The Dear Black Cow is in Em, in 3/8 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.

  • 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.