Garrett Barry's — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Garrett Barry's

Garrett Barry's is a two-part Irish jig in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Garrett Barry's — sheet music

G 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

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Garrett Barry's — tab

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

Garrett Barry's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

Garrett Barry's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

Garrett Barry's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Garrett Barry's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---------|-----------|---------0-|
B|---|---------|-------1---|-3-1---3---|
G|-2-|-------0-|-2-0-----2-|-----2-----|
D|---|-0-2-4---|-----2-----|-----------|
A|---|---------|-----------|-----------|
E|---|---------|-----------|-----------|

e|-2-0---------|---------|-------------0-|-------------|
B|-----3-1-----|---------|-------0-1-3---|-3-1---------|
G|---------2-0-|---0---0-|-2-0-----------|-----2-0---2-|
D|-------------|-4---4---|-----2---------|---------2---|
A|-------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------|---------------|-------------|

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

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

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

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

Garrett Barry's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

A|-9-7-5-3-0---|---------|-0-----2-3-5-7-|-5-3-0-----0-|
E|-------------|-2---2---|-----0---------|---------0---|
C|-------------|---------|---------------|-------------|
G|-----------0-|---0---0-|---0-----------|-------0-----|

A|---------0-|-5-3-0-5-7-|-9-7-5-7-9-10-7-|-5-3-0-3-5-|
E|---0-------|-----------|----------------|-----------|
C|-2---2-2---|-----------|----------------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|

A|-7-9-5-7-3-0-|-5-0-0-5-7-|-9-7-5-7-9-10-7-|-5-3-0-----0-|
E|-------------|-----------|----------------|---------0---|
C|-------------|-----------|----------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-----------|----------------|-------0-----|

A|---------0-|
E|---0-------|
C|-2---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.