reel · Key of D

Farewell to Erin

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Farewell to Erin"Farewell to ErinReelanon. (Ireland)333042000400554502504200040245044224Tenor Banjo33333042000400554502353232025052450442245555204040040Tenor Banjo333333545200402450442245054542420242050245023504542054206226Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 701
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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.

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