reel · Key of D
Farewell to Erin
O’Neill 1907 no. 701
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:701 T:Farewell to Erin C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 701 R:Reel m:Mn = (3n/o/n/ m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n M:C| L:1/8 K:D D2 (3FED ADFD|Addc defd|D2 (3FED ADFD|(3Bcd AF MFEEF| D2 (3FED ADFD|Addc defg|(3agf (3gfe fded|(3Bcd AF FEEc||(3.d.d.d dB AF-~F2| DF-~F2 ADFA| dcdB ADFA|(3Bcd AF (MFE)Ec|(3ded (3cdc (3BcB (3ABc|BAGA Bcde|(3fga ec dcBA|GFED CEA,C|]
FAQ
Questions about Farewell to Erin
Farewell to Erin is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.