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The fairy dance

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fairy dance"The fairy danceReelNathaniel Gow�? (Scotland?)05440440542060254240542062460Tenor Banjo4500422054520054240542062460245020424205452054240542062460Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 986Notes:Although O'Neill includes this tune in the "miscellaneous"section, it's usually played as a reel.The tune is anonymous in O'Neill.Other sources suggests it was written by Nathaniel Gow�.
ABC notation source
X:986
T:The fairy dance
C:Nathaniel Gow?
O:Scotland?
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 986
N:Although O'Neill includes this tune in the "miscellaneous"
N:section, it's usually played as a reel.
N:The tune is anonymous in O'Neill.
N:Other sources suggests it was written by Nathaniel Gow.
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:A
(ed)|c2cA c2c(A|dc)BA GABd|c(Bce) dcBA|GEFG A2:|
(cd)|e2ec f2f(e|dc)df e2(ed)|cBce dcBA|GEFG A(Bcd)|efe(c fg)fe|d(cdf) e2d2|cBc(e dcB)A|G(EFG)A2|]
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Questions about The fairy dance

  • The fairy dance is in A, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 92% 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 reel, 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.

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