jig · Key of G
My Fairhaired Darling
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 242 T: My Fairhaired Darling B: O'Neill's 242 N: "With feeling" N: "Collected by F.O'Neill" M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K:G G2F \ | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f \ | g2f d2c | A3 G3 | F3- F2G | A3 G2F | | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f \ | g2f d2c | A2G F2A | G3- G3 | G3 z2 || || c \ | d2c d2e | =f2 de^f | g2f d2e | =f3 de^f \ | g2f d2c | A3 G3 | F3- F2G | A3 G2F | | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f \ | g2f d2c | A2G F2A | G3- G3 | G3 z2 ||
FAQ
Questions about My Fairhaired Darling
My Fairhaired Darling is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 jig, written in 6/8.
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.