jig · Key of D
McLEAN'S LAMENTATION
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 78
T: McLEAN'S LAMENTATION
B: O'Neill's 78
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
K:D
(TAGE) (DEG) | (TAGE) (TGEC) | (TAGE) (DEG) | AB=c (E2{FE}D) |
| (TAGE) (DE).G | (TAGE) (TGEC) | (TAGE) (TcBA) | (TGED) D2 ||
|| ((3A/B/c/) \
| d>ed ded | (T=cBc) (TEDC) | d>ed ded | (TcAc) d2A |
| d>ed ded | (T=cBc) (TEDC) | (TAGE) (TcBA) | (TGED) D2 ||
|| D \
| (DFA) (DFA) | (CEG) .E.D.C | (DFA) (DFA) | .G.A.B (TBAF) |
| (DFA) (DFA) | .G.E.c | CDE | (TAGE) (TcBA) | (TGED) D2 ||FAQ
Questions about McLEAN'S LAMENTATION
McLEAN'S LAMENTATION is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% 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 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.