hornpipe · Key of G

The Fancy Fair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fancy Fair"The Fancy FairHornpipe3353235302504520455023752305232023053Tenor Banjo333325302504527275325320503205352035Tenor Banjo33353235357353225255323535735250303502Tenor Banjo333333333532053532053532055320235320532023045Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1749Notes:"collected by Ennis"
ABC notation source
X:1749
T:The Fancy Fair
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Ennis"
B:O'Neill's 1749
R:Hornpipe
K:G
  d>c | (3Bcd c>A B>GA>F | G>BA>F G2 (3def|g>ba>f g>ed>B | c>BA>B c>ed>c |
     B>dc>A  B>GA>F | G2 (f<b) (f<b) a>g|(3fag (3fed (3egf (3edc | d>fe>c d2 :|
|:d>c|(3Bcd g>a b>gd>c| B2 (f<a) (f<a) d>c| (3Bcd g>a b>gd>B| G2 (e<g) (e<g) (3def|
(3gag (3fed (3gag (3fed | (3gag (3fed d>cB>A | (3Bcd (3gfe d>cB>A | B>cA>F G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Fancy Fair

  • The Fancy Fair is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, 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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