reel · Key of D

The Broken Pledge

O’Neill 1903 no. 1178

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Broken Pledge"The Broken PledgeReel3554050000040542662024505540252052033540505242054266202450554020522003505405050202504025405250450235204045405050202504054245055404524200Book: ONeill's 1178Notes:Collected by McFadden

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ABC notation source
X:1178
T:The Broken Pledge
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:ONeill's 1178
N:Collected by McFadden
K:D
d | dcAG AD (3DDD | cAGF ECCE | DEFG Addc | ABGB Adfe |
dcAG A2(dB) | (3cBA GF (EC)CE) | DEFG Addc | (3ABA GE EDD2 ||
d | {e}dcAGA2(de) | fefd ecAB | {d}cAGE GAcd | (3efg df ecAc |
dcAG A2(de) | fefd ecAG | (~FE)FG Addc | AcGE {F}EDD2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Broken Pledge

  • The Broken Pledge is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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.

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