jig · Key of Gm

For Freedom and for Erin

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "For Freedom and for Erin"For Freedom and for Erin0510532023330300fine51053205531055fine0111533301115300D.C.111533323531055D.C.Book: O'Neill's 168Notes:"Boldly" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:168
T:For Freedom and for Erin
N:"Boldly" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 168
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
D|G2 B A2 G|F2 =E D2 E|F2 F F2 A|c3 A2 A|
G2 B A2 G|F2 =E HD2 d|d2 c B2 A|G3 G2"fine"||
A|B2 B B2 G|c2 c c2 A|B2 B B2 G|c3 A2 A|
B2 B B2 G|c2 c Hc2 (=B/c/)|d2 c _B2 A|G3 d2"D.C."||
FAQ

Questions about For Freedom and for Erin

  • For Freedom and for Erin is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor 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.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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