Key of D
Sweet Killaloe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1809
T:Sweet Killaloe
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1809
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
(FG) | A2D2 F2ED | ABAG E2FG | A2D2 F2ED | C2D2 E2FG |
A2D2 F2ED | ABAG E2EF | G2E2 =c2E2 | D4 D2 :|
G2 | A2Bc d2c2 | A2B2 =c4 | E2F2 G3F | E2F2 G4 |
A2Bc d2c2 | A2B2 =c2A2 | G2E2 =c2E2 | D4 D2G2 |
A2Bc d2c2 | A2B2 =c4 | E2F2 G3F | E2F2 G4 |
A2Bc d2cd | e2d2 c2A2 | G2E2 =c2E2 | D4 D2 |]FAQ
Questions about Sweet Killaloe
Sweet Killaloe is in D, in 2/4 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.