Hey all. #Brand new to the mandolin, but played fiddle and a little guitar for years. #I tried tabbing this with TablEdit, but the demo version is being ornery about the file size, so here it goes:
This is the beautiful fiddle tune Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar. #It was written in 1982, but really hit it big in Ken Burn's 1990 documentary, The Civil War. #This was and is my favorite song to play on any instrument, and whenever I begin to learn a new instrument, this is the first song I try to figure out. #Since the violin and mandolin are so similar, this came naturally and definitely inspired me to learn more about the mando. #Unfortunately, my ability to read music has suffered over the years, so its best to listen to the song for the timing and note duration.
<span style='font-family:courier'>Pt 1.
|---------------------------------------------------2-2-3-2-0--------------------
|--0-4-5--4-2-0---------------------------------0-5------------------------------
|----------------4-2-4-5-4---2-0-----0------0-4----------------------------------
|----------------------------------4---4--2--------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------2----------------------------------
|--0-4-5--4-2-0----------------------------0-5---0-4-7-5--------------------------
|----------------4-2-4-5-4-2-0---0-----0-4----------------------------------------
|------------------------------4---4-2--------------------------------------------
Pt 2.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------0------5--0-2-4-5-0-----------------0-0---------0-3-5-2-4-5-0------------
|---4-5-0--4-0--------------4-2-4-2-0-----------4-2-0-4---------------4--0-------
|-------------------------------------4-0-2--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------0-5--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----0-4-----4-2-0---0----------------------------------------------------------
|---2---------------6------------------------------------------------------------</span>
this is my first tab ever, so please be gentle, and i hope you enjoy it.
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