reel · Key of G

Fair and Forty

O’Neill 1903 no. 1482

Also known as dea.ta.muil's da.fi.ci.d

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Fair and Forty"Fair and Fortydea.ta.muil's da.fi.ci.d.reel30555255250230052530032552023054203555255250230052530032552304055323573530502352532357353053202532357353050235250525352530405Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1482"Notes:"collected from J. O'Neill"

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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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.

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