reel · Key of Gm

Fair-haired Mary

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Fair-haired Mary"Fair-haired MaryReelanon. (Ireland)55535310333533355535501530531055535310333533355535501530055Tenor Banjo35335315501103313531530513035513531550113565313531530055Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 703
ABC notation source
X:703
T:Fair-haired Mary
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 703
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Gm
Gddc d2(cB)|AFcF dFcF|Gddc d2(d=e)|fdcA dcBA|Gddc d2(cB)|AFcF dFcF|Gddc d2d=e|fdcA AGG2||
g2(dg) g2(ag)|fdd=e f2(fe)|g2gf g2ag|fdcA dBcA|gddf g2(ag)|fdd=e f2(fg)|abag fgag|fdcA AGG2|]
FAQ

Questions about Fair-haired Mary

  • Fair-haired Mary is in Gm, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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