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About She Moved Through The Fair

She Moved Through The Fair is an Irish air in D mixolydian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from C to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Air
Key
D mixolydian (the notes of G major) · 3/4
Range
C to d · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

She Moved Through The Fair — sheet music

D mixolydian (the notes of 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 E F♯ | G F♯ G | A A | A G E C D D | D | D A B | C d A B A F♯ | G F♯ G | A | A A B C d A | B A F♯ | G F♯ G | A A D E F♯ | G | G F♯ G | A A G E | C D D | D | D

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She Moved Through The Fair — tab

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

She Moved Through The Fair — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

She Moved Through The Fair — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

She Moved Through The Fair — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

She Moved Through The Fair — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

She Moved Through The Fair — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------|-------|-0-0-|-0-----|
E|---0-2-|---2---|-----|-----0-|
C|-2-----|-------|-----|-------|
G|-------|-0---0-|-----|---0---|
A|-------|---|---0-2-|-3-5-0-|
E|-------|---|-------|-------|
C|-0-2-2-|-2-|-2-----|-------|
G|-------|---|-------|-------|
A|-2-0---|-------|-0-|-0-0-2-|
E|-----2-|---2---|---|-------|
C|-------|-------|---|-------|
G|-------|-0---0-|---|-------|
A|-3-5-0-|-2-0---|-------|-0-|
E|-------|-----2-|---2---|---|
C|-------|-------|-------|---|
G|-------|-------|-0---0-|---|
A|-0-------|---|-------|-0-|
E|-----0-2-|---|---2---|---|
C|---2-----|---|-------|---|
G|---------|-0-|-0---0-|---|
A|-0-----|-------|---|---|
E|-----0-|-------|---|---|
C|-------|-0-2-2-|-2-|-2-|
G|---0---|-------|---|---|

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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