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About MacLeod's Farewell

MacLeod's Farewell is a two-part Irish reel in D major — intermediate, running from D to f♯ and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
D to f♯ · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

MacLeod's Farewell — sheet music

D major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

D E | F♯ B F♯ A F♯ E F♯ | D D E F♯ A B d | e f♯ d e f♯ d B A B d e d B A G | F♯ B F♯ A F♯ E F♯ | D D E F♯ A B d | e f♯ d e f♯ d B A B d e d | A B d e d | B | A f♯ e d f♯ d A f♯ e d f♯ d | A B d A B d A B | d B A F♯ E D E | F♯ B F♯ A F♯ E F♯ D D E F♯ A B d | e f♯ d e f♯ d B | A B d e d | A B d e d

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MacLeod's Farewell — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

MacLeod's Farewell — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
A|-----|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|
D|-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---------|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
A|-0-2-5---5-2-0---|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|
D|---------------5-|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---|-------0---|---|---2-0---2---|
A|-0-2-5---5-|-0-2-5---5-|-2-|-0-----5---5-|
D|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
G|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
E|---2-0---2---|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-----5---5-|-0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-2-0---------|---2---0-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------4-2-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|-------0---|-------0---|
A|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|-0-2-5---5-|-0-2-5---5-|
D|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

MacLeod's Farewell — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
A|-----|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|
D|-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---------|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
A|-0-2-5---5-2-0---|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|
D|---------------5-|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---|-------0---|---|---2-0---2---|
A|-0-2-5---5-|-0-2-5---5-|-2-|-0-----5---5-|
D|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
G|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
E|---2-0---2---|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-----5---5-|-0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-2-0---------|---2---0-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------4-2-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|-------0---|-------0---|
A|---------0-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-|-0-2-5---5-|-0-2-5---5-|
D|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

MacLeod's Farewell — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|---------------|---------------|-0-1---0-1-----|
A|-----|---1---0-------|---------0-1-3-|-----3-----3-1-|
D|-0-1-|-2---2---2-1-2-|-0-0-1-2-------|---------------|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---------|---------------|---------------|-0-1---0-1-----|
A|-0-1-3---3-1-0---|---1---0-------|---------0-1-3-|-----3-----3-1-|
D|---------------3-|-2---2---2-1-2-|-0-0-1-2-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------0---|-------0---|---|---1-0---1---|
A|-0-1-3---3-|-0-1-3---3-|-1-|-0-----3---3-|
D|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
G|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
E|---1-0---1---|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-----3---3-|-0-1-3-0-1-3-0-1-|-3-1-0---------|---1---0-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------2-1-0-1-|-2---2---2-1-2-|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-0-1---0-1-----|-------0---|-------0---|
A|---------0-1-3-|-----3-----3-1-|-0-1-3---3-|-0-1-3---3-|
D|-0-0-1-2-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

MacLeod's Farewell — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
B|-----|---0-----------|-----------0-3-|-----3-----3-0-|
G|-----|-------2-------|---------2-----|---------------|
D|-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
A|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-------0---------|---------------|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|
B|---0-3---3-0-----|---0-----------|-----------0-3-|-----3-----3-0-|
G|-2-----------2-0-|-------2-------|---------2-----|---------------|
D|-----------------|-4---4---4-2-4-|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-------0---|-------0---|---|---2-0---2---|
B|---0-3---3-|---0-3---3-|-0-|-------3---3-|
G|-2---------|-2---------|---|-2-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
A|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
E|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
e|---2-0---2---|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-------3---3-|---0-3---0-3---0-|-3-0-----------|---0-----------|
G|-2-----------|-2-----2-----2---|-----2---------|-------2-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------4-2-0-2-|-4---4---4-2-4-|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
e|---------------|-0-2---0-2-----|-------0---|-------0---|
B|-----------0-3-|-----3-----3-0-|---0-3---3-|---0-3---3-|
G|---------2-----|---------------|-2---------|-2---------|
D|-0-0-2-4-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

MacLeod's Farewell — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-7-9-5-7-9-5-2-|
E|---0-|-2---2---2-0-2-|-----0-2-------|---------------|
C|-2---|---------------|-2-2-----------|---------------|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-2-5-7-5-2-0---|---2---0-------|---------0-2-5-|-7-9-5-7-9-5-2-|
E|-----------------|-2---2---2-0-2-|-----0-2-------|---------------|
C|-----------------|---------------|-2-2-----------|---------------|
G|---------------0-|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-2-5-7-5-|-0-2-5-7-5-|-2-|-0-9-7-5-9-5-|
E|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
C|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
G|-----------|-----------|---|-------------|
A|-0-9-7-5-9-5-|-0-2-5-0-2-5-0-2-|-5-2-0---------|---2---0-------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-------2-0---0-|-2---2---2-0-2-|
C|-------------|-----------------|-----------2---|---------------|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-2-5-|-7-9-5-7-9-5-2-|-0-2-5-7-5-|-0-2-5-7-5-|
E|-----0-2-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
C|-2-2-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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