jig · Key of G

Good Health to Our Friends Far Away

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Good Health to Our Friends Far Away"Good Health to Our Friends Far Away75350525023753502357557535023205352520405Tenor Banjo52550532052355502355050232053532520405Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 213Notes:"Lively""Collected by J.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 213
T: Good Health to Our Friends Far Away
B: O'Neill's 213
N: "Lively"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
(b/a/) \
| g2d e>dB | d>ef g2(b/a/) | g2d e>fg | a>ba a2 (b/a/) \
| g2d e>fg | f>ed Hg2d | (BGB) (AFA) | G3- G2 ||
|| G \
| B2d (d<e)d | cBA G2(B/c/) | d2d d>ef | g3- g2d \
| d>ed efg | f>ed Hg2(d/c/) | (BGB) (AFA) | G3- G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Good Health to Our Friends Far Away

  • Good Health to Our Friends Far Away is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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