hornpipe · Key of G

The fancy fair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fancy fair"The fancy fairHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3353235302504520455023752305232023053Tenor Banjo3333325302504527275325320503205352045532353573520252553Tenor Banjo3333333333235357352503035023532053532053532055320235320532052045Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 922
ABC notation source
X:922
T:The fancy fair
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 922
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
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>B|A2(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|G>BA>F G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The fancy fair

  • The fancy fair is in G, in 2/4 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 2/4.

  • 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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