reel · Key of Em

Pay the girl her fourpence

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Pay the girl her fourpence"Pay the girl her fourpenceReelanon. (Ireland)205225252530332053235252302503205225252505252357537525230250Tenor Banjo330237323523025052537325232025023573235232025052530202352520Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 804
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:|
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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.

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