Key of Bb

The Poor Blind Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Poor Blind Boy"The Poor Blind Boy55165323510516315535531053253101053105533350135631653105163155335566113116531031Book: O'Neill's 147Notes:"Slow"

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X:147
T:The Poor Blind Boy
N:"Slow"
B:O'Neill's 147
M:C
L:1/8
K:Bb
d|d3 B e3 d|(c=Bc>d) _B2 z A|(GBeg) f3 d|d4 c2 z2|
d2 d>c B3 A|G3 F (=EGcB)|(Af=ed cBAG)|(G4 F2) z||
F|(F3 G ABcd)|(ec)(fe) (dcBA)|(GBeg) f3 d|(d4 c2) z c|
d3 d e3 e|f3 f Hg3 f|fedc B3 A|c4 B2 z||
FAQ

Questions about The Poor Blind Boy

  • The Poor Blind Boy is in Bb, in C time.

  • Moderate. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.