jig · Key of D

The Little Fair Child

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Little Fair Child"The Little Fair Child00505450205025245040000Tenor Banjo5054502502540504000Tenor Banjo023501300155305350130505550Tenor Banjo35013050501030351053000Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 8"Notes:"Tenderly" "setting 2" "collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 8
T: The Little Fair Child
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 8"
N: "Tenderly" "setting 2" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:D
A/A/ | d>ed cde | f>ed e2 f/-e/ | d>-cB/-G/ FGA/-B/ | c2 A A2 A/A/ |
d>ed cde | f2 d e2 f/-e/ | dcA G2 A/-G/ | FDD D2 ||
K:Dm
D/E/ | (F>GA/B/) cAA | BGG cAG | (F>GA/B/) cAG | Add d2 D/-E/ |
(F>GA/B/) cAG | Ade f-ge/-d/ | cAF G>(BA/G/) | FDD D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Little Fair Child

  • The Little Fair Child is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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