reel · Key of G
Fair and Forty
Also known as dea.ta.muil's da.fi.ci.d
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1482 T:Fair and Forty R:reel N:"collected from J. O'Neill" B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1482" T: dea.ta.muil's da.fi.ci.d. M:C| L:1/8 K:G D2|((3.G.G.G) BG d2 Bd|efge edBd|ceAc BdGB|ABcA GFED| |((3.G.G.G) BG d2 Bd|efge edBd|ceAc BdGB|cAFA G2|| d2|gfga bgdg|edef gdBd|gfga bgdg|edcB A2 (Bd)| gfga bgdg|edef gdBG|DGBd gdBd|cAFA G2||
FAQ
Questions about Fair and Forty
Fair and Forty is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% 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 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.