jig · Key of G

The Fairy Rath

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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 Rath"The Fairy Rath20505200532052505200250320520520053205250520255523505205250320505205520320505200532052505202555Book: O'Neill's 408Notes:"Playful"Irish title: an ra.t si.de

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X:408
T:The Fairy Rath
N:"Playful"
N:Irish title: an ra.t si.de
B:O'Neill's 408
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(B/A/) | .G(A/G/)(E/D/) .D(dc) (B3/2A/G/E/) | .G(A/G/E/D/) (DEG) (A3/2c/B/A/) |
(G/B/A/G/E/D/) .D(dc) (B3/2A/G/E/) | (GA/G/E/D/) EGG G2 ||
(B/c/) | .d(e/d/B/A/) GBd (e3/2g/f/e/) | .d(e/d/B/A/) G(dB) (A3/2c/B/A/) |
(GA/G/E/D/) D(dc) (B3/2A/G/E/) | (GA/G/E/D/) EGG G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Fairy Rath

  • The Fairy Rath is in G, in 6/8 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.

  • 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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