Haste To The Wedding — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Haste To The Wedding

Haste To The Wedding is a two-part Irish jig in D major — beginner-friendly, running from E to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Haste To The Wedding — sheet music

D 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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Haste To The Wedding — tab

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

Haste To The Wedding — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

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

Haste To The Wedding — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

Haste To The Wedding — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

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

Haste To The Wedding — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

Haste To The Wedding — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

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

A|-12-9-|-7-5-7-9-5-2-|-0-10-9-12-9-|-5-7-5-5-|
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.