Key of Gm
The Young Black Cow
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 220
T: The Young Black Cow
B: O'Neill's 220
N: "Slow"
N: The first section has a segno over the first bar.
N: The first section ends with a fermata over the double bar.
N: The second section ends with a segno over the double bar.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:Gm
GF \
| D2 G2 G^F | G2 A2 c2 | (d=e)(f_e)(dc) | A4 dB \
| A2 G2 G^F | G3 A B2 | A2 G2 FD | D4 D2 |
| D2 G2 G^F | G2 A2 c2 | (d=e)(f_e)(dc) | A4 ^fg \
| {g}a2 g=f (ed/c/) | d3 =e f2 | G2 G2 ({B}AG/F/) | G4 ||
|| d2 \
| d2 g2 (g^f) | g3 a b2 | a2 g2 fd | d4 =e2 \
| f3 g fd | f2 g2 a>g | (fd)(cB)(AG) | F4 (GF) ||FAQ
Questions about The Young Black Cow
The Young Black Cow is in Gm, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% 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. 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.