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About Jamesy Gannon's

Jamesy Gannon's is a two-part Irish barndance in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Barndance, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Jamesy Gannon's — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

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

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Jamesy Gannon's — tab

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

Jamesy Gannon's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|-----------------|
A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5---|---5-----5-2---2-|-0---2---0-------|
D|-0-5-------|-------5-----------|-------------5---|---5---5---5-2-5-|
G|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|---------------|
A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5---|---5-----5-2---2-|-0-------------|
D|-0-5-------|-------5-----------|-------------5---|---5-2-4-5-4-2-|
G|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0-------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-5-|
A|-0-------------|-----------------|-5-4-5---5-2-----|-----------------|
D|---5-2-4-5-5---|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-3-5-7-5-0-2-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0---0-2-|-3-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|
A|---------------|-----------------|-5-3-5---5-----|---------------5-2-|
D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|
A|-3-2-3-2-0-------|
D|-----------5-4-2-|
G|-----------------|

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

Jamesy Gannon's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|-----------------|
A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5---|---5-----5-2---2-|-0---2---0-------|
D|-0-5-------|-------5-----------|-------------5---|---5---5---5-2-5-|
G|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|---------------|
A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5---|---5-----5-2---2-|-0-------------|
D|-0-5-------|-------5-----------|-------------5---|---5-2-4-5-4-2-|
G|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0-------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-5-|
A|-0-------------|-----------------|-5-4-5---5-2-----|-----------------|
D|---5-2-4-5-5---|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-3-5-7-5-0-2-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0---0-2-|-3-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|
A|---------------|-----------------|-5-3-5---5-----|---------------5-2-|
D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|
A|-3-2-3-2-0-------|
D|-----------5-4-2-|
G|-----------------|

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

Jamesy Gannon's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----------|-----------------L2-|-0---L2-0---------|-----------------|
A|-----0-1-1-|-0-1-0---0-1-3-3----|---3------3-1---1-|-0---1---0-------|
D|-0-3-------|-------3------------|--------------3---|---3---3---3-1-3-|
G|-----------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----------------L2-|-0---L2-0---------|---------------|
A|-----0-1-1-|-0-1-0---0-1-3-3----|---3------3-1---1-|-0-------------|
D|-0-3-------|-------3------------|--------------3---|---3-1-2-3-2-1-|
G|-----------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
E|-------------L2-|-L2-1-L2-3-4-3-L2-0-|-------0-------L2-|-L2-1-L2-3-4-3-L2-3-|
A|-0--------------|--------------------|-3-2-3---3-1------|--------------------|
D|---3-1-2-3-3----|--------------------|-------------3----|--------------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|-3-L2-3-4-3-0-1-|-L2-1-L2-3-4-3-L2-0-|--------0---0-1-|-L2-1-L2-1-0-1-0-----|
A|----------------|--------------------|-3-L2-3---3-----|-----------------3-1-|
D|----------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|
A|-L2-1-L2-1-0-------|
D|-------------3-2-1-|
G|-------------------|

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

Jamesy Gannon's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|-----------------|
B|-------0-0-|---0-------0-3-3---|---3-----3-0---0-|-----0-----------|
G|---0-2-----|-2---2-0-2---------|-------------0---|-2-0---0-2-0---0-|
D|-0---------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
A|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------|-----------------3-|-0---3-0---------|---------------|
B|-------0-0-|---0-------0-3-3---|---3-----3-0---0-|---------------|
G|---0-2-----|-2---2-0-2---------|-------------0---|-2-0-----0-----|
D|-0---------|-------------------|-----------------|-----2-4---4-2-|
A|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|-------------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0-------3-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-5-|
B|---------------|-----------------|-3-2-3---3-0-----|-----------------|
G|-2-0-----0-0---|-----------------|-------------0---|-----------------|
D|-----2-4-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-5-3-5-7-5-0-2-|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-0-|-------0---0-2-|-3-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|
B|---------------|-----------------|-3-1-3---3-----|---------------3-0-|
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
e|-----------------|
B|-1-0-1-0---------|
G|---------2-0-----|
D|-------------4-2-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

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

Jamesy Gannon's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5-10-|-7-5-10-7-5-2---2-|-0---2---0-------|
E|-----------|--------------------|------------------|-------------0---|
C|-2---------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|---0-------|-------0------------|--------------0---|---0---0---0---0-|
A|-----0-2-2-|-0-2-0---0-2-5-5-10-|-7-5-10-7-5-2---2-|-0-------------|
E|-----------|--------------------|------------------|-----0-2---2-0-|
C|-2---------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
G|---0-------|-------0------------|--------------0---|---0-----0-----|
A|-0-----------10-|-10-9-10-12-14-12-10-7-|-5-4-5-7-5-2---10-|-10-9-10-12-14-12-10-12-|
E|-----0-2--------|-----------------------|------------------|------------------------|
C|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|------------------------|
G|---0-----0-0----|-----------------------|-------------0----|------------------------|
A|-12-10-12-14-12-7-9-|-10-9-10-12-14-12-10-7-|-5-3-5-7-5-7-9-|-10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
C|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
A|-3-2-3-2-0-------|
E|-------------2-0-|
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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