Key of D

Desmond's Song

Also known as a.bran deasmu.ma

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Desmond's Song"Desmond's Songa.bran deasmu.ma.545054420504204200545054245025442042004502520505442040245205054420504204200Book: O'Neill's 556Notes:"Mournful"

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X:556
T:Desmond's Song
T:a.bran deasmu.ma.
N:"Mournful"
B:O'Neill's 556
M:3/4
L:1/8
%Q:80
K:D
(d>c)|(d2 D2) (d>c)|({c}B2 A2) (d>A)|({c}B2 (AF)) (E>D)|D4 (d>c)|
d2 D2 (d>c)|(.B/.c/.d/.e/) Hf2 (d>c)|{c}B2 (AF) (E>D)|D4||
(F>G)|(A>B) d2 f>e|d2  D2 d>c|({c}B2 A>F) (A3/B/c/)|d4 (f>e)|
d2 D2 (d>c)|({c}B2 A2) (d>A)|{c}B2 (AF) (E>D)|D4||
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Questions about Desmond's Song

  • Desmond's Song 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.