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Fair Ellen

Also known as ei.blin .ban

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Fair Ellen."Fair Ellen.ei.blin .banair= 80055323052350532302350230550305205525320532320532020530255555532345010055253033531050115310031055030352535031050233

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ABC notation source
X:608
T:Fair Ellen.
R:air
T:ei.blin .ban
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:80
K:C
(e>d)|({d}c>B) (cA)|G2 (EF)|G>(A G/F/E/F/)|D2 (Bc)|
d2 (e/^f/g/e/)|(d2 d/)(e/c/A/)|G2 (B>A)|G3 G|
E2 d>c|.B.A .G.F|E2 c>B|(MAG) (MFE)|
D2 B>A|MGF DE|C2 C2|C2||
zG|G2({G}FE)|F3 ^c|dA fe|e2 d>G|
PEPG PcPe|g3 g|ag fe|d3 e|
ff a(g/f/)|ee g(f/e/)|dd ec|A3 c|
GE G(c/d/)|ec Hf>e|dA B>c|c2||
FAQ

Questions about Fair Ellen

  • Fair Ellen is in C, in 2/4 time. The C major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 air, written in 2/4.

  • 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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