jig · Key of G

The Fardown farmer

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fardown farmer"The Fardown farmerDouble jiganon. (Ireland)020252024550220252020002320252024550252053025550235505530525235505025352355055305255205302555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 237

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X:237
T:The Fardown farmer
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 237
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
A|BAB GED|EFG GAB|BAB GED|EAA ABc|BAB GED|EFG GAB|dfe dcA|(B<G)G G2:|
|:A|Bcd ded|dge dBG|Bcd ded|efd g2d|Bcd ded|dge dBG|dfe dcA|(B<G)G G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Fardown farmer

  • The Fardown farmer 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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