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About King Of The Fairies

King Of The Fairies is a three-part Irish hornpipe in E dorian (it uses the notes of D major) — intermediate, running from B, to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Hornpipe, three parts, each usually played twice
Key
E dorian (the notes of D major) · 4/4
Range
B, to a · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E♭ E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

King Of The Fairies — sheet music

E dorian (the notes of D major) · 4/4

The notes

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

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

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King Of The Fairies — tab

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

King Of The Fairies — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

King Of The Fairies — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

King Of The Fairies — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|-----------------|-----------|-------------|
A|---|---------------0-|-1-1-----0-|-1-----------|
D|---|-1-0-1-2-3-2-3---|-----3-3---|---1-1-2-3-1-|
G|-2-|-----------------|-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|---------------0-|-1-0---1-3-2-|-1------------|
D|-2-3-2-1-0---|-1-0-1-2-3-2-3---|-----3-------|---1-3-2-1-L1-|
G|-----------2-|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
E|---|---|-0-0-----0-1-|-L2-3-L2-1-0-1-|
A|---|-3-|-----1-3-----|---------------|
D|-1-|---|-------------|---------------|
G|---|---|-------------|---------------|
E|-0-----------|---0-------------|-0-------0-1-|-L2-3-L2-1-0-1-0---|
A|---1-1-0-1-2-|-3---3-2-1-2-3-1-|---1-1-3-----|-----------------3-|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-----0-L2-1-0---1-|-0-0-1-|-L2-0-1---|-0---------0-|
A|-1-3----------3---|-------|--------3-|---3-1-2-3---|
D|------------------|-------|----------|-------------|
G|------------------|-------|----------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|---0-0---0-1-|
A|-3-1-0-----0-1-2-|-3-1-0-----------|-----------0-|-1-----3-----|
D|-------2-3-------|-------2-3-2-1-0-|---1-1-2-3---|-------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----------|-------------|
E|-0-----------|---|
A|---1-1-0-----|---|
D|---------3-2-|-1-|
G|-------------|---|

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

King Of The Fairies — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

King Of The Fairies — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-2-|-7-5-7-9-10-9-10-12-|-14-14-10-10-12-|-14-7-7-9-10-7-|
E|---|--------------------|----------------|---------------|
C|---|--------------------|----------------|---------------|
G|---|--------------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-9-10-9-7-5-2-|-7-5-7-9-10-9-10-12-|-14-12-10-14-17-16-|-14-7-10-9-7-6-|
E|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
C|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
A|-7-|-17-|-19-19-14-17-19-21-|-22-24-22-21-19-21-|
E|---|----|-------------------|-------------------|
C|---|----|-------------------|-------------------|
G|---|----|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-19-14-14-12-14-16-|-17-19-17-16-14-16-17-14-|-19-14-14-17-19-21-|-22-24-22-21-19-21-19-17-|
E|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
C|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
A|-14-17-19-22-21-19-17-21-|-19-19-21-|-22-19-21-17-|-19-17-14-16-17-19-|
E|-------------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-17-14-12-9-10-12-14-16-|-17-14-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-7-7-9-10-12-|-14-19-19-17-19-21-|
E|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
C|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|-19-14-14-12-10-9-|-7-|
E|------------------|---|
C|------------------|---|
G|------------------|---|

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

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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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