reel · Key of D
The merry blacksmith
Irish tenor banjo tab
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.