jig · Key of Am
O'Connell's Lamentation
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 28
T: O'Connell's Lamentation
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 28"
N: "Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:Am
e | A2 d/2-c/2 (AGE) | (Gcd) (ea^f) | {a}(gec) (dcA) | (GE^F) G2 E |
(Adc) (AGE) | (c>de/2^f/2) {a}(gea) | gec dcA | G3 G2 ||
e/2-^f/2 | (g^f/2a/2f/2) (g>bag) | (f/2e/2d/2e/2f/2d/2) e2 A | (c/2B/2c/2d/2e/2^f/2) g>(ec/2A/2) | GEc/2-A/2 GEG |
.A(A/2B/2c/2A/2) .B(B/2c/2d/2B/2) | .c(c/2d/2e/2^f/2) gea | gec dcA | A3 A2 ||
A/2-B/2 | cE^F G2 A/2-B/2 | (c/2A/2c/2d/2e/2^f/2) gea | (g/2f/2e/2g/2f/2e/2) (d/2f/2e/2d/2c/2B/2) | cE^F G2 A/2-B/2 |
cD^F G2 A/2-B/2 | (c/2B/2c/2d/2e/2^f/2) gea | gec dcA | A3 A2 ||FAQ
Questions about O'Connell's Lamentation
O'Connell's Lamentation is in Am, in 6/8 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 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.