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About Eleanor Plunkett

Eleanor Plunkett is an Irish air in G major — beginner-friendly, running from E to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Air
Key
G major · 3/4
Range
E to b · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Eleanor Plunkett — sheet music

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

G A | B B A G | G G a g | e e e d B B A G | E A A B | A g a | b a g e d e e f♯ | g g b | a b a g f♯ | g a g f♯ e d B d | e g G | B B A G | E A A B A

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Eleanor Plunkett — tab

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

Eleanor Plunkett — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Eleanor Plunkett — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Eleanor Plunkett — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Eleanor Plunkett — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Eleanor Plunkett — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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