Key of A
THE PARTING GLASS
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.