hornpipe · Key of G

The fair maidens

O’Neill 1907 no. 857

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fair maidens"The fair maidensHornpipeanon. (Ireland)05050252532053205023503054504024505025253205320502350304554545004000403025050205020505230205050252532053205023503045545Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 857

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X:857
T:The fair maidens
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 857
R:Hornpipe
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D2|GDGA BGBd|gfed cBAG|ABcd ecAG|FGAF D2EF|GDGA BGBd|gfed cBAG|ABcd ecAF|G2MGF G2:|
|:FG|ADFD ADFD|cABG A2GA|BDGD BDGD|dBcA B2A2|GDGA BGBd|gfed cBAG|ABcd ecAF|G2MGF G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The fair maidens

  • The fair maidens is in G, in C| 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 hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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