Key of Em
The Widowed Bride
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:156
T:The Widowed Bride
N:"Plaintively" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 156
M:C
L:1/8
K:Em
(G>F)|E2 (B>c) B2 AB|(cBAG) F2 (G>F)|E2 (e>f) g2 (f>e)|(^d>efd) B2 (AB)|
(cBAG) F2 (G>A)|(BGFE) {e}^d2 ef|(ge)(f^d) (eB) (A/c/B/A/)|G2 (TF2 {EGF}E2)||
z B|e2 (e>f) g2 (f>e)|(b>a)(ga) {g}f2 e^d|eBef g2 fe|(b>a)(ga) {g}f2 AB|
(cBAG) F2 (G>A)|(BGFE) {e}^d2 ef|(ge)(f^d) (eB) (A/c/B/A/)|G2 (TF2 {EGF}E2)||FAQ
Questions about The Widowed Bride
The Widowed Bride is in Em, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 92% 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.