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King of the fairies

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "King of the fairies"King of the fairiesLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)1)421245450225022245245420421245450205254225421222)50025023532020220245054245202250235320205250320520023025052450520450245204542042245020050202205422Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 979

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ABC notation source
X:979
T:King of the fairies
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 979
R:Long dance, set dance
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
m:Tn3 = n (3o/n/o/ (3n/m/n/
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:Edor
B,2|E^DE(F GF)GA|B2B2 TG3A|B2E2 E(FGE)|FGFE TD2B,2|E(^DEF) GFGA|B(AGB) d3c|B2E2 (GF)E^D|"^1)"E4E2:|
d2|e2e2 Bde(f|ga)gf e2f2|e2B2 (BAB)c|d(edc) BcdB|e2B2 Bdef|g(agf) efed|Bde(g fe)df|"^2)"e6(ef)|
g3e f2d2|e(dBc) Td3e|dBA(F GA)B^c|dBA(F GF)ED|B,2E2 (EFG)A|B2e2 edef|e2B2 BAG(F|TE4)E2|]
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Questions about King of the fairies

  • King of the fairies is in Edor, in 2/4 time. The E dorian 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 set dance, 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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