reel · Key of D
Farewell to Erin
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.