Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill is an Irish air in D mixolydian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from D to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Air, each usually played twice
Key: D mixolydian (the notes of G major) · 3/4
Range: D to e · first position
Notes used: C D E G A B
Level: Beginner-friendly

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — 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

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Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — tab

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

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

Eibhlí Gheal Chiúin Ní Chearbhaill — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

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

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.