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 Child5055450232054005002505Tenor Banjo05545023254052000Tenor Banjo04502545004504050050Tenor Banjo45040505025054052000Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 7"Notes:"Tenderly" "setting 1" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 7
T: The Little Fair Child
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 7"
N: "Tenderly" "setting 1" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
G | A-d.d ~(dcd) | (efg) f2 e | ~(dcA) (AGA) | {A}B2 G A2z/2G/2 |
    A-d.d ~(dcd) | (efg) f2-e | (dcA) ~(GEA) | D3 D2 ||
D | (FGA) B-F.G | c-A.G A-F.D | .F.G.A .c.A.G | A-d.e d2 D |
    (FGA) (cAG) | ~(AGA) ~(fde) | dcA ~(GEA) | D3 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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