Key of D

A Mother's Lamentation

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "A Mother's Lamentation"A Mother's Lamentation0402005422040245250554242004025204202200040402045042040550250250452040255204024000Book: O'Neill's 389Notes:"Slow."H is a fermata.Each part is 9 bars.

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ABC notation source
X: 389
T:A Mother's Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 389
N:"Slow."
N:H is a fermata.
N:Each part is 9 bars.
K:D
(D>F) (A2 B>A)|Ad F2 E>E|(DF A2) (B>c)|d4 (f>d)|
(A2 d2) (d>c)|(B3c) (B>A)|(AFAB) Hd>B|A>F E>D EE|DD D4||
(FD) (FA) B2|(A>F) d2 (A>F)|(E>D FA) d>d|e4 (fd|
e4) (f>d)|e2 c2 d>B|(AFAB) Hd>d|B>A FD E>F|DD D4||
FAQ

Questions about A Mother's Lamentation

  • A Mother's Lamentation is in D, in 3/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.