reel · Key of Em
Pay the girl her fourpence
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:804 T:Pay the girl her fourpence C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 804 R:Reel m:Tn = (3n/o/n/ m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/ M:C| L:1/8 K:Em (fe)|d(TBB2) dBG(B|d)c(Ac g2)fe|d(cBc) dBG(f|g)ef(d eg)fe|d(TBB2) dBGB|d(ed)B dfga|b(agb) afd(f|g)efd e2:| |:(ef)|(g2b)(g fg)af|gef(d e)dBd|(g2b)(g f2)a(f|(3g)fe fd e3f|gabg fga(f|(3g)fe f(d e)dBd|Tg3 (e f)efg|a(fdf)e2:|
FAQ
Questions about Pay the girl her fourpence
Pay the girl her fourpence is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.