reel · Key of Am
Ballinasloe Fair
O’Neill 1903 no. 1285
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1285
T:Ballinasloe Fair
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1285
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
(cB) | AGAB TcBcA | GECE TGFGB | AGAB TcBca |1 gedB cedB :|2 gede cdef ||
g>c {d}(3cBc gcac | gc {d}(3cBc Bcdf | gc {d}(3cBc Tagaa | gede cdef |
gc {d}(3cBc gcac | gc {d}(3cBc BcdB | AGAB cdea | gede cedB |]FAQ
Questions about Ballinasloe Fair
Ballinasloe Fair is in Am, in C| time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
It is a reel, written in C|.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
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.