Key of G

McFarlane's Lament

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "McFarlane's Lament"McFarlane's Lament205520552055525Tenor Banjo003050520520502Tenor Banjo05502052500230505Tenor Banjo22752055020555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 521Notes:"Mournful"
ABC notation source
X:521
T:McFarlane's Lament
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 521
N:"Mournful"
K:G
(B>A) \
| G4 (d>B) | (A2 G) z (d>B) | (A2 G) .G2 | G4 Bd |
e2 e2 (g>e) | d4 (e>d) | B2 e2 (d>B) | A4 (G3/2A/4B/4) ||
(A2 G) z (G3/2A/4B/4) | (A2 G) z (B>d) | e2 (ef) (g>e) | d4 (ed) |
B2 B2 ([A3/2d3/2]B/2) | (A2 G) z (GA/2B/2) | (A2 G2) .G2 | G4 ||
FAQ

Questions about McFarlane's Lament

  • McFarlane's Lament is in G, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.