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THE PARTING GLASS

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "THE PARTING GLASS"THE PARTING GLASS05424002450454505232054060542400245045450523205400023235320505575320542500550542400245045450523205400Book: O'Neill's 58Notes:"Slow""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X: 58
T: THE PARTING GLASS
B: O'Neill's 58
M: C
L: 1/8
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
K:A
(e>d) \
| c2(B>c) A2(AB) | (cd)(ec) d2(c>d) | e2a>f =gf(ed) | c2A2 G2(e>d) |
| c2(B>c) A2(AB) | (cd)(ec) Hd2(c>d) | e2a>f (=gf)(ed) | c2A2 A2 ||
|| (e>f) \
| (=gf)(ga) (gfed) | e2a2 a2(ba) | (=gfed) (cB)(de) | e2=G2 G2(e>d) |
| c2(B>c) A2(AB) | (cd)(ec) Hd2(c>d) | e2a>f (=gf)(ed) | c2A2 A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about THE PARTING GLASS

  • THE PARTING GLASS is in A, in C time. The A 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.

  • 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.