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About Fanny Power

Fanny Power is an Irish air in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Air, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 3/4
Range
D to a · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Fanny Power — sheet music

G major · 3/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

D | G D G A B | C B A G | F♯ G E D E D F♯ G A B C | B A G B C d | e A A G | F♯ G E D G F♯ G G | d | d B C d d B C d | G A G G B d e C d e e C d e | A B A A B C | B C d e f♯ g | f♯ g a d C B A G A B C F♯ | G G

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Fanny Power — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Fanny Power — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
A|---|-------0-2-|-3-2-0---|-------------|
D|-0-|-5-0-5-----|-------5-|-4-5-2-0-2-0-|
G|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-0-------|-------------|
A|-----0-2-3-|-2-0---2-3-5-|---0-0---|-------------|
D|-4-5-------|-----5-------|-------5-|-4-5-2-0-5-4-|
G|-----------|-------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----|-5-|-5-2-3-5-5-2-3-5-|---0-----2-5-|
D|-5-5-|---|-----------------|-5---5-5-----|
G|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-0-----0-|-------------|-------0-2-3-|-2-3-5-----|
A|---3-5-----3-5---|-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-2-3-5-------|-------5-3-|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|---------------|-----|
A|-2-0---0-2-3---|-----|
D|-----5-------4-|-5-5-|
G|---------------|-----|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Fanny Power — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
A|---|-------0-2-|-3-2-0---|-------------|
D|-0-|-5-0-5-----|-------5-|-4-5-2-0-2-0-|
G|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-0-------|-------------|
A|-----0-2-3-|-2-0---2-3-5-|---0-0---|-------------|
D|-4-5-------|-----5-------|-------5-|-4-5-2-0-5-4-|
G|-----------|-------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----|-5-|-5-2-3-5-5-2-3-5-|---0-----2-5-|
D|-5-5-|---|-----------------|-5---5-5-----|
G|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-0-----0-|-------------|-------0-2-3-|-2-3-5-----|
A|---3-5-----3-5---|-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-2-3-5-------|-------5-3-|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|---------------|-----|
A|-2-0---0-2-3---|-----|
D|-----5-------4-|-5-5-|
G|---------------|-----|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Fanny Power — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|-----------|----------|-------------|
A|---|-------0-1-|-L2-1-0---|-------------|
D|-0-|-3-0-3-----|--------3-|-2-3-1-0-1-0-|
G|---|-----------|----------|-------------|
E|------------|--------------|-0-------|-------------|
A|-----0-1-L2-|-1-0---1-L2-3-|---0-0---|-------------|
D|-2-3--------|-----3--------|-------3-|-2-3-1-0-3-2-|
G|------------|--------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----|---|-------------------|-------------|
A|-----|-3-|-3-1-L2-3-3-1-L2-3-|---0-----1-3-|
D|-3-3-|---|-------------------|-3---3-3-----|
G|-----|---|-------------------|-------------|
E|-0------0-0------0-|--------------|--------0-1-L2-|-1-L2-3------|
A|---L2-3-----L2-3---|-0-1-0-0-1-L2-|-1-L2-3--------|--------3-L2-|
D|-------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
G|-------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
E|----------------|-----|
A|-1-0---0-1-L2---|-----|
D|-----3--------2-|-3-3-|
G|----------------|-----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Fanny Power — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
B|---|---------0-|-1-0-----|-------------|
G|---|-0---0-2---|-----2-0-|---0---------|
D|-0-|---0-------|---------|-4---2-0-2-0-|
A|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
E|---|-----------|---------|-------------|
e|-----------|-------------|-0-------|-------------|
B|-------0-1-|-0-----0-1-3-|---------|-------------|
G|---0-2-----|---2-0-------|---2-2-0-|---0-----0---|
D|-4---------|-------------|---------|-4---2-0---4-|
A|-----------|-------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|---------|-------------|
e|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----|-3-|-3-0-1-3-3-0-1-3-|---------0-3-|
G|-0-0-|---|-----------------|-0-2-0-0-----|
D|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
e|-0-----0-0-----0-|-------------|-------0-2-3-|-2-3-5-----|
B|---1-3-----1-3---|---0-----0-1-|-0-1-3-------|-------3-1-|
G|-----------------|-2---2-2-----|-------------|-----------|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
e|---------------|-----|
B|-0-------0-1---|-----|
G|---2-0-2-------|-0-0-|
D|-------------4-|-----|
A|---------------|-----|
E|---------------|-----|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Fanny Power — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---|-------0-2-|-3-2-0---|-------------|
E|---|-----------|---------|-2---0---0---|
C|-2-|---2-------|---------|-------2---2-|
G|---|-0---0-----|-------0-|---0---------|
A|-----0-2-3-|-2-0---2-3-5-|-7-0-0---|-------------|
E|-2---------|-------------|---------|-2---0-----2-|
C|-----------|-------------|---------|-------2-----|
G|---0-------|-----0-------|-------0-|---0-----0---|
A|-----|-5-|-5-2-3-5-5-2-3-5-|---0-----2-5-|
E|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
C|-----|---|-----------------|-------------|
G|-0-0-|---|-----------------|-0---0-0-----|
A|-7-3-5-7-7-3-5-7-|-0-2-0-0-2-3-|-2-3-5-7-9-10-|-9-10-12-5-3-|
E|-----------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
C|-----------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
A|-2-0---0-2-3---|-----|
E|-------------2-|-----|
C|---------------|-----|
G|-----0---------|-0-0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Fanny Power chords

G major · 5 chords: G, Em, C, D, Bm

pickup
G Em
C D
C D
Bm D
G Em
C D
C D
G
G
G
Em
C
D
G C
D
G D
G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Fanny Power

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GEmC×D××Bm×

Ukulele chords for Fanny Power

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GEmCDBm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Fanny Power

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GEmCDBm

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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