The Old Blackthorn (Reel)
A Reel in the key of D
Foinn Seisiún Book 3 Page 09a
Sheet music, mandolin tabs, banjo tabs, fiddle and accordion score for The Old Blackthorn (Reel)
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to loop and slow down sections so you can learn it by ear.Abc notation for The Old Blackthorn (Reel)
X:883085
T:OLD BLACKTHORN (reel), The
T:The Rising Sun
C:Foinn Seisiún
B:Book 3 Page 09a
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
R:Reel
K:D
d2FB AFEF|Dddc BABc|dFF2 AFF2|GBAF Dgfe|
d2FB AFEF|Dddc BABc|dFF2 AFF2|GBAF D3 ||
A|defd egfd|A2 (3cBA eAcA|defd e2fg|afeg fddA|
defd egfd|A2 (3cBA eAcA|defg a3b|afeg fdd2|]
Foinn Seisiún is a collection of recordings and sheet music books produced by Comhaltas containing traditional Irish tunes arranged in sets.
There are 4 volumes available now, and each volume contains the notation to more than 100 tunes.
These tunes are some of the most popular Irish tunes in sessions all over the world. Comhaltas has made the recordings available on YouTube so you will find an accompanying video with each tune here, and thanks to LoopTube you can loop phrases in these videos so you can practice. Each tune has sheet music for fiddles, flutes, concertine etc. and also has tabs for banjo, mandolin etc.
The recordings were made by the Kilfenora Ceili Band and the Tulla Ceili Band and are great for playing along with by ear.Foinn Sessiun