reel · Key of D

The merry blacksmith

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The merry blacksmith"The merry blacksmithReelanon. (Ireland)0502040025020400250250520050230550204002502040025025045204023553220505020400250250520050320575323205020400250250452040Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 728

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ABC notation source
X:728
T:The merry blacksmith
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 728
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A2|d3A (TBA)FA|ABdA TBAFA|ABde fded|Beed efge|d2dA TBAFA|ABdA TBAFA|ABde fdec|dBAF D2||
(fg)|a2ag f2Tfe|d2({e}d)A TBAFA|ABde fded|Beed egfe|abag fgfe|d3A TBAFA|ABde fdec|dBAF D2|]
FAQ

Questions about The merry blacksmith

  • The merry blacksmith is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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