Key of Em

The Old Blind Bard

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Blind Bard"The Old Blind Bard2050235350535275532026020Tenor Banjo502353505352753205260Tenor Banjo7753235320502323023572220Tenor Banjo502353505352753205260Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 266Notes:"Brilliant""Collected by J.O'Neill"Typo: The note values are obviously wrong in bar 6; (b2a2) should be (ba).
ABC notation source
X: 266
T: The Old Blind Bard
B: O'Neill's 266
N: "Brilliant"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
N: Typo: The note values are obviously wrong in bar 6; (b2a2) should be (ba).
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K:Em
(BA) \
| (GABc) .d2(cd) | (edcd) .B2(ba) | {a}g2(fe) B2^d2 | e6 (BA) |
| (GABc) .d2(cd) | (edcd) .B2(b2a2) | (gfed) B2^d2 | e6 ||
|| b2 \
| b3a .g2(fg) | (agfe) .d2(ef) | .g2(fg) (ef)(ga) | b2B2 .B2(BA) |
| (GABc) .d2(cd) | (edcd) .B2(ba) | (gfed) B2^d2 | e6 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Old Blind Bard

  • The Old Blind Bard is in Em, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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.