Misc Traditional - Bantry Girls Lament guitar tab
From: bhutchinson@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Barry Hutchinson")
This is a lovely Irish tune, very closely akin to the tune of "On Raglan
Road" as sung by Van Morrison with the Chieftains on "Irish Heartbeat" -
actually a modern poem by P. J. Kavanagh set to a traditional air whose
title I've forgotten ("The Dawning of the Day", perhaps?).
The first half of this is pretty well note-for-note identical to Martin
Simpson's arrangement on "Leaves of Life", and as per the TAB that comes
with the album. However, he plays it on a baritone guitar - this sounds
achingly beautiful and sonorous, but given the higher pitch of the
standard guitar, I thought it could use a bit more of the lower register,
so I put together a simple arrangement one octave below. This alternates
nicely with the higher part, and gives some pleasing tonal contrast,
especially if the right-hand attack alternates between 'over the sound
hole' and 'down by the bridge'.
Any comments would be welcome.
Regards,
Barry
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Bantry Girl's Lament
Trad. Irish
arranged by Martin Simpson
(with addition by Barry Hutchinson)
Dropped D tuning
DADGBE
Freely, wistfully
e e e e e e e e q e^ e
||---------------|-----------------------------|
||------------5--|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
||*--------7-----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
||*-----7--------|------0---------0------------|
||---0-----------|-----------------------------|
||---------------|---0-------------------------|
arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e
|-5--------5--7--------7--|--5--------5---5p2-----|
|-7-----7-----------0-----|--------3------2----5--|
|-7--6-----------0--------|-----2---------2-------|
|-------------0-----------|--0------------4-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|
arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e e e e q e^ e
|-0-----------0----------|-----------------------------|
|----------3--------3/5--|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
|-------0--------0--0----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
|----2-------------------|------0---------0------------|
|-0-----------------2/4--|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|---0-------------------------|
arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-5--------5---7-----5h7--|--5p2-----2--------------|
|-7-----7------0----------|-------5-----3-----3-----|
|-7--6---------0--0-------|----------------0-----0--|
|--------------0----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
arp. arp.
e s s e e e e e s s Q e e e q
|-------------------5h7--9/10--|---10--10---10---------|
|-3-----------------5----------|---8--------7---10-----|
|----2p0-----0------6----------|---0--------7-------7--|
|---------4---------7----------|------------9----------|
|---------------0--------------|-----------------------|
|-0----------------------------|-----------------------|
arp. arp. arp.
E s e s s h e e e e q q
|------------9h10-------|-------------------------|
|-12--10h12---------12--|---10-----10h12---10-----|
|-0-----------------12--|---11-------------11--11|
|-12----------------12--|-------0----------11-- 9|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|---0---------------------|
arp. harmonics arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e e e e q e^ e
|------------------------0--|-----------------------------|
|-----------10--8-----------|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
|-9-----9------------7-----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
|-7--7------------9--------|------0---------0------------|
|--0------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------------------------|---0-------------------------|
arp. arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e
|-5--------5--7-----5h7--|--5p2-----2--------------|----------------||
|-7-----7----------------|-------5-----3-----3-----|--3-------------||
|-7--6-----------0-------|----------------0-----0--|-----2p0-----0--||
|-------------0----------|-------------------------|----------4-----||
|------------------------|-------------------2-----|----------------||
|-0----------------------|-------------------------|--0-------------||
arp.
e e e e q e e q e^ e e e e e e e e e
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------0--------0--|
|-------------|--------------------------|---2--------2-----0--------|
|-------0--2--|---4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|---0-----4-----0-----0-----|
|-4--0--------|---5--5------4------------|------4--------------------|
|-------------|---0---------0------------|---0-----------------------|
(ponticello arp. arp. arp.
e e e e e q e e^ e e e q e e
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--------2---2--------|-----------------0--------|
|-------0---------4--2--|--2h4p2p0--2h4---2--0--2--|
|----0---------4--------|--0--------------4--2--4--|
|-0------------4--------|--------------------------|
arp. arp.
q e e q e^ e e e e e q e e
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------0-------|
|------------------------|---2--------2---0--2h4--|
|-4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|---0-----4------0-------|
|-5--5------4------------|------4-----------------|
|-0---------0------------|---0--------------------|
arp. arp. arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e e s s e e e e e s s
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------2h3--|
|-2------------0-----0---|-----2p0-----0------2h4-------|
|---h4--2h4--0-----0-----|--0-------4---------2---------|
|-----------------2------|----------------0-------------|
|------------------------|--0---------------------------|
arp.
Q e e e q E s e s s h e e e e q q
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3--3---3--------|--0-----0h2/3------|--------------------|
|-0---------2-----|-----2----------4--|--2--------2---2----|
|--------4-----4--|--0-------------5--|--------0---------4|
|--------2--------|----------------5--|-----0---------4--2|
|-----------------|-------------------|--0------------4----|
arp. arp. arp. arp.
e e e e e e e e q e e q e^ e
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------2--0-----------|--------------------------|
|2p0--2-----------0--2--|---4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|
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