Key of Gm

O'Carolan's Farewell

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Carolan's Farewell"O'Carolan's FarewellO'Carolan545010503515315305305505Tenor Banjo545010150153151351310545Tenor Banjo5353235323535011013131315Tenor Banjo358653232353501013652333151530Tenor Banjo53053054501015015315513351310545Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 699Notes:"With feeling."
ABC notation source
X:699
T:O'Carolan's Farewell
R:
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 699
D:
N:"With feeling."
M:C
L:1/8
K:Gm
(G^F)(GA) B2(AG) | A2(cd) f2(dc) | (fd)(cA) (d>c)(A>G) | G4 (D3G) |
|(G^F)(GA) (BA)(BG) | A2(f<a) Hg3f | (d3f) (c3d) | (B{cB}A)G^F G3 ||
d | (g3a) (g^f)(ga) | (g^f)(ga) g2(d=e) | f4 (f=e)(fg) | ((fg)(fg)) f2d2 |
|(g3a) ({c'}ba)(g^f) | (g^f)(ga) g2(d=e) | (f=e)(fg) {b}a2(^fg) | g>gfd fdcA |
| d>cAG F2D2 | (G^F)(GA) (BA)(BG) | A2(f<a) Hg3f | d2(df) c2(cd) | (B{cB}A)G^F G3z |]
FAQ

Questions about O'Carolan's Farewell

  • O'Carolan's Farewell is in Gm, 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.

  • 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.