reel · Key of D

The broken pledge

O’Neill 1907 no. 458

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The broken pledge"The broken pledgeReelanon. (Ireland)33355405000004054266202450554025205205405052420542662024505540205220035054050502025040254052504502352040454050502025040542055404524200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 458

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X:458
T:The broken pledge
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 458
R:Reel
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
d2|dcAG AD (3DDD|cAGF ECCE|DEFG Addc|ABGB Adfe|dcAG A2(dB)|(3cBA GF (EC)CE|DEFG Addc|(3ABA GE EDD2||
||d2|({e}d)cAG A2(de)|fefd ecAB|({d}c)AGE GAcd|(3efg df ecAc|dcAG A2(de)|fefd ecAG|(MFE) Addc|AcGE ({F}E)D D2|]
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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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