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About Calliope House

Calliope House is a two-part Irish jig in D major — beginner-friendly, running from F♯ to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 6/8
Range
F♯ to a · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Calliope House — sheet music

D major · 6/8

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 A A f♯ A A | e A A f♯ A A | B e e e d | e f♯ e d B A F♯ A A A F♯ | A B d e | f♯ f♯ f♯ e d | e e A f♯ f♯ e d C♯ | d e f♯ g | a a f♯ a a | e a a f♯ a a g g f♯ g f♯ | e f♯ e d B A | F♯ A A A F♯ | A B d e f♯ f♯ f♯ e d | e e f♯ g | f♯ f♯ e d C♯ | d d

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Calliope House — tab

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

Calliope House — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Calliope House — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Calliope House — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Calliope House — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Calliope House — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-5-0-0-9-0-0-|-7-0-0-9-0-0-|-2-7-7-7-5-|-7-9-7-5-2-0-|
E|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
C|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
A|---0-0-0---|-0-2-5-7-|-9-9-9-7-5-|-7-7-0-|
E|-2-------2-|---------|-----------|-------|
C|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
G|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
A|-9-9-7-5-4-|-5-7-9-10-|-12-12-9-12-12-|-7-12-12-9-12-12-|
E|-----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
C|-----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
A|-10-10-9-10-9-|-7-9-7-5-2-0-|---0-0-0---|-0-2-5-7-|
E|--------------|-------------|-2-------2-|---------|
C|--------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
G|--------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
A|-9-9-9-7-5-|-7-7-9-10-|-9-9-7-5-4-|-5-5-|
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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