jig · Key of Gm

the Fairy Cobbler

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Fairy Cobbler"the Fairy Cobbler53150353013135353105054530150245550551353153030305513533301513531505453015024555Book: O'Neill's 252Notes:"With spirit""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X: 252
T: the Fairy Cobbler
B: O'Neill's 252
N: "With spirit"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:Gm
(d/c/) \
| B2G A2F | G2F D2E  | F2E F2G | F3 d2c |
| BAG AG^F | G2=F DEC | D=E^F G2G | G3- G2 ||
|| D \
| G2G B2c | d2c f2d | c2A F2A | c3- c2A |
| G2G B2c | d2g g2g | {=e}f2d B2c | d3- d2c |
| B2G AG^F | G2=F DEC | D=E^F G2G | G3- G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about the Fairy Cobbler

  • the Fairy Cobbler is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor 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 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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