reel · Key of Gm
Fair-haired Mary
O’Neill 1907 no. 703
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.
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. 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.