hornpipe · Key of D

The Faithful Friend

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Faithful Friend"The Faithful FriendHornpipe30540000024506024204545023054024540540024245060242045450230540245350255555252320545032054525230405450325555525232054503235237532304535023050204540240504000002450240545025025402424054240554502530405Book: O'Neill's 1763Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1763
T:The Faithful Friend
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1763
R:Hornpipe
K:D
   (AG) | FD (3DDD DEFG | A^GAB cBAc |    dcde  fged | cABc dcAG |
            FDDE   FEFG | A^GAB cBAc |    dcde  fged | cABc d2  :|
|: (de) | fd (3ddd dfaf | gfed  cdeg |    fedc  dfaf | gece dcde |
          fd (3ddd dfaf | gfed  cdeg |    fgaf  gbag | fgec d2  :|
|: (de) |   fged   efec | dcAB  cAGA | FD (3DDD DEFG | ABcA dcde |
            fdef   dcAB | cBcA  GFEF |    Dddc  defa | gece d2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The Faithful Friend

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

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, 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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