jig · Key of D

The Whin Blossom

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Whin Blossom"The Whin Blossom024505020250245405025602Tenor Banjo45050202502454050200Tenor Banjo50245054540505405020602Tenor Banjo45050202502454050200Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 515Notes:"Graceful" "collected by O'Reilly"
ABC notation source
X:515
T:The Whin Blossom
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 515
N:"Graceful" "collected by O'Reilly"
K:D
(D/2E/2) \
| (FGA) (GAE) | (DEG) (A2B/2c/2) | (dcA) (GAE) | d3 C2 (D/2E/2) |
FGA GAE  | DEG A2 (B/2c/2) | dcA GAE | D3 D2 ||
G \
| (ABc) (d2 e/2d/2) | (cdc) (A2 G/2A/2) | (dcA) (GAE) |  |D3 C2 (D/2E/2) |
FGA GAE | DEG A2 (B/2c/2) | dcA GAE | D3 D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Whin Blossom

  • The Whin Blossom is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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