About Julia Delaney's
Julia Delaney's is an one-part Irish reel in D dorian (it uses the notes of C major) — intermediate, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Reel, one parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- D dorian (the notes of C major) · 4/4
- Range
- D to a · first position
- Notes used
- C D E F G A
- Level
- Intermediate
Julia Delaney's — sheet music
D dorian (the notes of C 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 C A G F E F | E D E F D D | d C A G F G A A | A d d C d f e f f e f a g f | e C g C a C g C | f f e f a g f | e d C G A d d
Julia Delaney's — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Julia Delaney's — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------1-0-| A|-5-3-0---------|-------------|-5-3-0-------0-0-|-0-5-5-3-5-----| D|-------5-3-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-|-------5-3-5-----|---------------| G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0---3---5---3---|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0-------------| A|---------------|---3---3---3---3-|---------------|---5-3---0-5-5-| D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------5-------| G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Julia Delaney's — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------1-0-| A|-5-3-0---------|-------------|-5-3-0-------0-0-|-0-5-5-3-5-----| D|-------5-3-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-|-------5-3-5-----|---------------| G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0---3---5---3---|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0-------------| A|---------------|---3---3---3---3-|---------------|---5-3---0-5-5-| D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------5-------| G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Julia Delaney's — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|------------------|--------------|-------------------|------------L1-0-| A|-3-L2-0-----------|--------------|-3-L2-0--------0-0-|-0-3-3-L2-3------| D|--------3-L2-1-L2-|-1-0-1-L2-0-0-|--------3-L2-3-----|-----------------| G|------------------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-L1-L1-0-L1-3-L2-L1-|-0----L2----3----L2----|-L1-L1-0-L1-3-L2-L1-|-0--------------| A|--------------------|---L2----L2---L2----L2-|--------------------|---3-L2---0-3-3-| D|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------3-------| G|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Julia Delaney's — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------1-0-| B|-3-1-----------|-------------|-3-1-------------|---3-3-1-3-----| G|-----2-0-------|-------------|-----2-0---0-2-2-|-2-------------| D|---------3-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-|---------3-------|---------------| A|---------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------| E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0---3---5---3---|-1-1-0-1-5-3-1-|-0-------------| B|---------------|---1---1---1---1-|---------------|---3-1-----3-3-| G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------0-2-----| D|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------| E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Julia Delaney's — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-5-3-0---------|-------------|-5-3-0-------0-0-|-0-5-5-3-5-8-7-| E|---------1-0-1-|-0---0-1-----|---------1-------|---------------| C|---------------|---2-----2-2-|-----------------|---------------| G|-------0-------|-------------|-------0---0-----|---------------|
A|-8-8-7-8-12-10-8-|-7-3-10-3-12-3-10-3-|-8-8-7-8-12-10-8-|-7-5-3---0-5-5-| E|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------| C|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------0-------|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More reels and tunes like it
This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.