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About Cooley's

Cooley's is a two-part Irish reel in E dorian (it uses the notes of D major) — intermediate, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Cooley's — 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

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

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Cooley's — tab

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

Cooley's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Cooley's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Cooley's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Cooley's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Cooley's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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