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The jockey at the fair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The jockey at the fair"The jockey at the fairLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)0502353532555453230354502352532050245235255253325535535332502320532505320252455525023052502245023205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 969

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X:969
T:The jockey at the fair
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 969
R:Long dance, set dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|G2A B2c|d2g d2c|BdG GFG|cBc A2c|d^cd efg|a2f d2g|
fed AB^c|d3-d2::(f/g/)|afd afd|c2cB2d|dgd dgd|c2c B2d|e2f gfe|d2c B2d|
edc B2A|B2G E2F|G2G GBd|e2f g2e|dBG A2B|E2FG2A|B2gB2A|G3-G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The jockey at the fair

  • The jockey at the fair 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 set dance, 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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