Key of G

My Darling Fair Maid

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Darling Fair Maid"My Darling Fair Maid3255200552525255052205002302522052025505252530525050250255535025505305220500232350230520500232350230520503205202502502555Book: O'Neill's 1690Notes:"collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:1690
T:My Darling Fair Maid
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1690
N:"collected by F.O'Neill"
K:G
B>G \
| G>ED>DG2G>B | d>BG>Bd2d>e | d>B(3BAG A2A>B | c>AB>GE2B>A |
| G>ED>EG2G>A | d>BG>Bd2g>e | d>BG>DG>AB>G | A>BG>GG2 :|
|: G>A \
| B>dd>ed2g>e | d>B(3BAGA2A>B | c>Bc>de>fg>e | d>BA>GA2A>B |
| c>Bc>de>fg>e | d>BA>GA>cB>A | G>ED>EG>AB>G | A>BG>GG2 :|
FAQ

Questions about My Darling Fair Maid

  • My Darling Fair Maid is in G, in 2/4 time. The G 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.