hornpipe · Key of D
The Faithful Friend
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.