reel · Key of G

Fair and Forty

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.reel3055525525023005253003255202305420Tenor Banjo355525525023005253003255230405Tenor Banjo53235735305023525323573530532025Tenor Banjo32357353050235250525352530405Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1482"Notes:"collected from J. O'Neill"
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.

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