Key of G

The Forlorn Lover

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Forlorn Lover"The Forlorn Lover522220500005025205205023205255553205533323555053205532350131035320505025205205023205Book: O'Neill's 275Notes:"Moderate""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 275
T: The Forlorn Lover
B: O'Neill's 275
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:G
G2 \
| B2 B2 B2 | B3 A G2 | e2 A2 A2 | A4 (GA) \
| B2 (dB) (AG) | .E2 D2 (GA) | (B3 c) BA | G4 :|
|| B2 \
| d2 d2 d2 | d2 (cB) (AG) | ">"G2 g2 g2 | g4 Bc \
| d2 d2 d2 | (ed) (cB) (AG) | ">"G2 g2 f2 | g4 (de) |
| =f3 g f2 | e4 g2 | d2 (cB) (AG) | A4 GA \
| B2 dB AG | E2 D2 GA | B3 c BA | G4 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Forlorn Lover

  • The Forlorn Lover is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.