Key of G

The Fairy Queen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fairy Queen"The Fairy QueenO'Carolan504050054502054205424024532025525440524205404202452020505202323202325000255555445420242054024542042045054205022005455ffp5542054054250550245020542004050f52240055205454202420542024002502332053253203542454202454245052235050202532353205020523205023502055Book: O'Neill's 637Notes:"Moderate"Trailing grace notes in bar 32 not standard in abc (yet).O'Neill has single bar at start of 4th section.

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ABC notation source
X:637
T:The Fairy Queen
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 637
N:"Moderate"
N:Trailing grace notes in bar 32 not standard in abc (yet).
N:O'Neill has single bar at start of 4th section.
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
G4 D2 | F4 D2 | G4 D2 | {A}G>F G>A B>A \
| G3 F ED | {C}B,4 (A,/B,/D) | E4 ~F2 | G4 {c}B>A |
| ">"G4 (G//B//d3/2) | ">"F4 (F//A//d3/2) | E3 F ED | {C}B,4 D2 \
| {F}E>D (EF) (GE) | DB ~A3 (G/A/) | G6- | G4 Z2 ||
|| (BABcBc) | (BABc)(BG) | A4 A2 | A2 B2 d2 \
| ">"G3 ~G dG | ">"F3 ~F dF | (EDEF)(ED) | {C}B,4 (D/E/F) |
| (GFED)B,A, | G,4 (FG) | A3 (G FE) | D4 (GA) \
| B4 E2 | A4 D2 | ~G6 (F/G/) | G4 z2 ||
|| "ff".G2 .G2 .F2 | .E2 .D2 .C2 | (B,DGB,) A,G | G,4 z2 \
| "p"G2 G2 D2 | (E2 F2 G2) | (A>BAG)(FE) | .D.G,.B,.D.G.A |
| [B4G4] zB | [A4F4] zA | "f"G2 G2 ED | {C}B,4 (GF) \
| (E>DE)(FED) | ({C}B,A,G,A,)(B,D) | {D}E6 | z2 z2 (d/e/f) ||
| g2 g2 f2 | e2 d2 c2 | (BdgB)(Ag) | G4 (~FE/F/) \
| (GFEDEF) | (GFEFGA) | [B6G6] | z2 zBcd |
| (edef)(ef) | ({a}gfga)(gf) | (edef)(ed) | HB4 (gf) \
| (edef) g>d | (e<B) A4 | G2 G4- | G6 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Fairy Queen

  • The Fairy Queen is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major 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.

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

  • 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.