jig · Key of D

The queen of the fair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The queen of the fair"The queen of the fairDouble jiganon. (Ireland)305424022040504555450252245424022040245045552454000333753252040505420040245045252452550405054200452454000055555255125552552450230255040055255555023245505400053253032550402455054000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 330

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X:330
T:The queen of the fair
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 330
R:Double jig
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(A/G/)|(TFEF) DA,A,|DFA dAF|GdG FGA|BGE EFG|(TFEF) DA,A,|(.DF(3A/B/c/ d)AF|GdG EFG|FDD D2:|
|:(3b/a/g/|fdf ece|dAG FED|(DF(3A/B/c/ d)AF|GBG EFG|fda ece|dAG FED|DFd EFG|FDD D2::A|(3.d/.d/.d/dd fdd|
add fdd|(B/c/d/e/f) Tg2e|fda ecA|[1Add fdd|add efg|EFG dAG|FDD D2:|[2(a/g/f).a geg|fda ecA|EFG dAG|FDD D2|]
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Questions about The queen of the fair

  • The queen of the fair is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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 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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