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The Fairy Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fairy Boy"The Fairy Boy2042460420204020460424604202040420Tenor Banjo0042040204020402420424604202040420Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 243Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 243
T: The Fairy Boy
B: O'Neill's 243
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:A
E2 \
| (Ac) E2 FG | Ac f2 e2 | fe c3 A | (BA F2) G2 \
| (Ac) E2 (FG) | (Ac f2) e2 | (fe) c3 A | (c>B) A2 ||
|| e2 \
| (ec) (f3 e) | (cA) (B3 A) | cA f3 e | cA B3 (c/B/) \
| (Ac) (E2 FG) | (Ac f2) e2 | fe (c3 A) | c>B A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Fairy Boy

  • The Fairy Boy is in A, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 94% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.