Wang Wang Blues — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Chords

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About Wang Wang Blues

Wang Wang Blues is a blues in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Blues, each usually played twice
Key: F major · 4/4
Range: C to d · first position
Notes used: C D E F G A♭ A B♭ C♭ B
Level: Beginner-friendly

Wang Wang Blues — sheet music

F major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

A | G | F | F C D E F G A B♭ C | B♭ | A | C D E F G A B♭ C | C♭ B♭ | A B♭ B C | d C B B♭ A | A♭ | G | G F

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Wang Wang Blues — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Wang Wang Blues — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|---|---|-----------------|
A|-0-|---|---|-------------0-1-|
D|---|-5-|-3-|-3---0-2-3-5-----|
G|---|---|---|---5-------------|

E|---|---|---|---------------|
A|-3-|-1-|-0-|-----------0-1-|
D|---|---|---|---0-2-3-5-----|
G|---|---|---|-5-------------|

E|---|-----|---------|---------|
A|-3-|-2-1-|-0-1-2-3-|-5-3-2-1-|
D|---|-----|---------|---------|
G|---|-----|---------|---------|

E|---|---|---|---|
A|-0-|---|---|---|
D|---|-6-|-5-|-5-|
G|---|---|---|---|

E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Wang Wang Blues — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|---|---|-----------------|
A|-0-|---|---|-------------0-1-|
D|---|-5-|-3-|-3---0-2-3-5-----|
G|---|---|---|---5-------------|

E|---|---|---|---------------|
A|-3-|-1-|-0-|-----------0-1-|
D|---|---|---|---0-2-3-5-----|
G|---|---|---|-5-------------|

E|---|-----|---------|---------|
A|-3-|-2-1-|-0-1-2-3-|-5-3-2-1-|
D|---|-----|---------|---------|
G|---|-----|---------|---------|

E|---|---|---|---|
A|-0-|---|---|---|
D|---|-6-|-5-|-5-|
G|---|---|---|---|

E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Wang Wang Blues — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|---|----|--------------------|
A|-0-|---|----|---------------0-L1-|
D|---|-3-|-L2-|-L2---0-1-L2-3------|
G|---|---|----|----3---------------|

E|----|----|---|-----------------|
A|-L2-|-L1-|-0-|------------0-L1-|
D|----|----|---|---0-1-L2-3------|
G|----|----|---|-3---------------|

E|----|------|-----------|-----------|
A|-L2-|-1-L1-|-0-L1-1-L2-|-3-L2-1-L1-|
D|----|------|-----------|-----------|
G|----|------|-----------|-----------|

E|---|----|---|---|
A|-0-|----|---|---|
D|---|-H3-|-3-|-3-|
G|---|----|---|---|

E|----|
A|----|
D|-L2-|
G|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Wang Wang Blues — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---|---|-----------------|
B|---|---|---|-----------------|
G|-2-|-0-|---|-----------0-2-3-|
D|---|---|-3-|-3---0-2-3-------|
A|---|---|---|---3-------------|
E|---|---|---|-----------------|

e|---|---|---|---------------|
B|-1-|---|---|---------------|
G|---|-3-|-2-|---------0-2-3-|
D|---|---|---|---0-2-3-------|
A|---|---|---|-3-------------|
E|---|---|---|---------------|

e|---|-----|---------|---------|
B|-1-|-0---|-----0-1-|-3-1-0---|
G|---|---3-|-2-3-----|-------3-|
D|---|-----|---------|---------|
A|---|-----|---------|---------|
E|---|-----|---------|---------|

e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|
G|-2-|-1-|-0-|-0-|
D|---|---|---|---|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|

e|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|-3-|
A|---|
E|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Wang Wang Blues — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-|---|---|-------------0-1-|
E|---|---|-1-|-1-----0-1-------|
C|---|---|---|---0-2-----------|
G|---|-0-|---|-----------0-----|

A|-3-|-1-|-0-|-----------0-1-|
E|---|---|---|-----0-1-------|
C|---|---|---|-0-2-----------|
G|---|---|---|---------0-----|

A|-3-|-2-1-|-0-1-2-3-|-5-3-2-1-|
E|---|-----|---------|---------|
C|---|-----|---------|---------|
G|---|-----|---------|---------|

A|-0-|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
C|---|---|---|---|
G|---|-1-|-0-|-0-|

A|---|
E|-1-|
C|---|
G|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Wang Wang Blues chords

F major · 11 chords: F, C7, A♭dim, C7/G, Gm7, G♯dim, F/A, B♭, Am7, G7, D♭7

A♭dim C7/G

F Gm7 G♯dim F/A

B♭ Am7 A♭dim Gm7

D♭7

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like C7/G means play C7 with G as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Wang Wang Blues

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

Ukulele chords for Wang Wang Blues

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Wang Wang Blues

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.