After The Battle Of Aughrim — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About After The Battle Of Aughrim

After The Battle Of Aughrim is a two-part Irish march in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — sheet music

A dorian (the notes of G 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

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After The Battle Of Aughrim — tab

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

E|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-2-3-0-|---0-------|
A|-----------|---------------|-------------|-5---5-2---|
D|-----------|---------------|-------------|---------5-|
G|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----------|

E|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0---|---0-----|-----|
A|-----------|-----------5-|-2---5-2-|-0-0-|
D|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|
G|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

E|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-2-3-0-|---0-------|
A|-----------|---------------|-------------|-5---5-2---|
D|-----------|---------------|-------------|---------5-|
G|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----------|

E|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0---|---0-----|-----|
A|-----------|-----------5-|-2---5-2-|-0-0-|
D|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|
G|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

E|-3-0-0-1-L2-|-3-4-3-L2-0-1-L2-|-3-4-3-1-L2-0-|---0-------|
A|------------|-----------------|--------------|-3---3-1---|
D|------------|-----------------|--------------|---------3-|
G|------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------|

E|-3-0-0-1-L2-|-3-4-3-L2-0---|---0-----|-----|
A|------------|------------3-|-1---3-1-|-0-0-|
D|------------|--------------|---------|-----|
G|------------|--------------|---------|-----|

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

e|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-2-3-0-|---0-------|
B|-----------|---------------|-------------|-3---3-0---|
G|-----------|---------------|-------------|---------0-|
D|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
E|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----------|

e|-5-0-0-2-3-|-5-7-5-3-0---|---0-----|-----|
B|-----------|-----------3-|-0---3-0-|-----|
G|-----------|-------------|---------|-2-2-|
D|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|
A|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|
E|-----------|-------------|---------|-----|

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

After The Battle Of Aughrim — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---0-0-2-3-5-|-7-5-3-0-|-2---------0-|-2-0-------|
E|-0-----------|---------|-------2-----|-------0---|
C|-------------|---------|-------------|---------2-|
G|-------------|---------|---0-0---0---|-----0-----|

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

A|-12-7-7-9-10-|-12-14-12-10-7-9-10-|-12-14-12-9-10-7-|-5-7-5-2---|
E|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------|
C|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------|
G|-------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------0-|

A|-12-7-7-9-10-|-12-14-12-10-7-5-|-2-7-5-2-|-0-0-|
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.