reel · Key of C
Ballinasloe fair
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:550
T:Ballinasloe fair
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 550
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
(cB) "^segno" |AGAB TcBcA|GECE TGFGB|AGAB TcBca|[1gedB cedB:|[2gede cdef||g>c {d}(3(cBc) gcac|
gc ({d}(3(c)Bc) Bcdf|gc ({d}(3(c)Bc) Tagaa|gede cdef|gc ({d}(3(c)Bc) gcac|gc ({d}(3(c)Bc) BcdB|AGAB cdea|gede cedB "^segno" |]FAQ
Questions about Ballinasloe fair
Ballinasloe fair is in C, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.