reel · Key of D
The broken pledge
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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|]FAQ
Questions about The broken pledge
The broken pledge is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.