jig · Key of G

My Fairhaired Darling

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Fairhaired Darling"My Fairhaired Darling5405545054503515023253054505405545054503515023253054055353501502325015023253054505405545054503515023253054055Book: O'Neill's 242Notes:"With feeling""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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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. 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.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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