jig · Key of D

Ballahaboy Fair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Ballahaboy Fair."Ballahaboy Fair.Jig2050040252020500403255004025377757553205Tenor Banjo523575323575323523502332023575323575557553205Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 790
ABC notation source
X:790
T:Ballahaboy Fair.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 790
R:Jig
M:6/8
K:D
f/e/|d2 A AFA|BGB A2 f/e/|d2 A AFA|~g3 f2 d|\
d2 A AFA|Bdg b2 b/b/|aba agf|e3 d2:|
||a|fga bag|fga bag|fga fga|efg gfe|\
fga bag|fga baa|aba agf|e3 d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Ballahaboy Fair

  • Ballahaboy Fair is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 89% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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