jig · Key of A

The Fairhaired Boy

O’Neill 1903 no. 924

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fairhaired Boy."The Fairhaired Boy.Jig20006025552504052020262020006025552504052620000550550444050405202666201205505504440504052620002000602555250405262000Book: O'Neill's 924Notes:"collected by Beamish."

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X:924
T:The Fairhaired Boy.
B:O'Neill's 924
N:"collected by Beamish."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:A
EAA AGA | Bdd dBd | ege dBA | BAB GED | EAA AGA | Bdd dBd |
| ege dBG | BAA A3 :| eaa eaa | egg ged | ege dBA | BGG GED |
|1 eaa eaa | egg ged | ege dBG | BAA A2 z :|2 EAA AGA |\
Bdd dBd | ege dBG | BAA A2 z ||
FAQ

Questions about The Fairhaired Boy

  • The Fairhaired Boy is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 91% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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