Drowsy Maggie — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Drowsy Maggie

Drowsy Maggie 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

Drowsy Maggie — 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

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Drowsy Maggie — tab

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

Drowsy Maggie — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

Drowsy Maggie — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

Drowsy Maggie — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

Drowsy Maggie — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

Drowsy Maggie — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---2---5---2---|---2---0-------|---2---5---2---|-2-0-2-4-5-0-----|
E|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|-------------2---|
C|---------------|-----------2---|---------------|---------------2-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

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