Key of Dm

O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT"O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT3500105053500104535001050550105405501054053050105405501054053045053230Book: O'Neill's 69Notes:"Mournful"

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X: 69
T: O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT
B: O'Neill's 69
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
N: "Mournful"
K:Dm
(FG) \
| A2 (A>B AG) | A2 d2 (F>G) | A2 (A>B A>^F) | G4 (=F>G) |
| A2 (A>B AG) | A2 d2 (d>e) | f2 e>d ^ce | d4 ||
|| (d>e) \
| f2 (e>d ^ce) | d=c A2 (d>e) | f2 (e>d ^ce) | d4 (d>e) |
| f2 (e>d ^ce) | d=c A2 ^FG | A2 G=F (E>F) | D4 ||
FAQ

Questions about O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT

  • O'CAROLAN'S LAMENT is in Dm, in 3/4 time. The D 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.

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

  • 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.