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About Inisheer

Inisheer is an Irish waltz in D mixolydian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Inisheer — 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

B A B d | B A B d | E B A B | D B A G B A B d | B A B d | G B A G F♯ | G E D G G A B d | e f♯ e d | B A B d | e f♯ e d B C d e A B d | e f♯ e d | B A B d | G B A G F♯ G A B d | e f♯ e d | B A B d | g f♯ e d B C d e A B d | e f♯ e d | B A B d | D B A G F♯ G

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Inisheer — tab

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

Inisheer — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Inisheer — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Inisheer — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Inisheer — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Inisheer — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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