Key of G

Ossian's Lament

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Ossian's Lament"Ossian's Lament5020205055020205550~2020505502520555055250552530052020~30055205250252055Book: O'Neill's 132Notes:"Moderate"

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X:132
T:Ossian's Lament
N:"Moderate"
B:O'Neill's 132
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
G>A|B3 A (BA/G/)|A2 G2 (G>A)|B3 A (BA/G/)|G4 (G>A)|
B3 A (BA/G/)|"~"A2 G2 G>A|B2 dB A>G|G4||
d2|e>d d2 B>d|e>d d2 B>d|g>e e2 d>B|A>B e4|
g>e e2 d2|dB A2 GE|G>A B2 dB|("~"A>G) G2||
FAQ

Questions about Ossian's Lament

  • Ossian's Lament is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major 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.