Key of Gm
Fair Haired Mary
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1474 T:Fair Haired Mary M:C| L:1/8 N:"collected by F. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1474 K:Gm Gdd^c d2 (=cB) | AFcF dFcF | Gdd^c d2 (d=e) | fdcA dcBA | Gdd^c d2 (=cB) | AFcF dFcF | Gdd^c d2 d=e | fdcA AG G2 || g2 (dg) g2 (ag) | fdd=e f2 (fe) | g2 g^f g2 ag | fdcA dBcA | gdd^f g2 (ag) | fdd=e f2 (^fg) | abag ^fgag | fdcA AG G2 |]
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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.