hornpipe · Key of G

Fair and forty

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Fair and forty"Fair and fortyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33055525525023205253003255202305420555255250232052530032552Tenor Banjo304055323573530502352532357353053202532357353050235250525352530405Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 840
ABC notation source
X:840
T:Fair and forty
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 840
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D2|(3.G.G.G BG d2BG|efgf edBd|ceAc BdGB|ABcA GFED|(3.G.G.G BG d2Bd|efgf 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 hornpipe, 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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