hornpipe · Key of G
The fair maidens
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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 hornpipe, 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.