About Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Just A Closer Walk With Thee is a trad jazz tune in B♭ major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Jazz tune
- Key
- B♭ major · 4/4
- Range
- D to d · first position
- Notes used
- C D E♭ F♭ F F♯ G A B♭
- Level
- Beginner-friendly
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — sheet music
B♭ 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
F F♯ G D F F♭ | E♭ | C B♭ A F G B♭ | G F F d d d B♭ C d | C B♭ B♭ B♭ G | F F F G A | B♭
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-------------|---|-------------|-------| A|-------------|---|-3-1-0-----1-|-------| D|-3-4-5-0-3-2-|-1-|-------3-5---|-5-3-3-| G|-------------|---|-------------|-------|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|---| A|-5-5-5-1-3-5-|-3-1-1-1---|---------0-|-1-| D|-------------|---------5-|-3-3-3-5---|---| G|-------------|-----------|-----------|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-------------|---|-------------|-------| A|-------------|---|-3-1-0-----1-|-------| D|-3-4-5-0-3-2-|-1-|-------3-5---|-5-3-3-| G|-------------|---|-------------|-------|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|---| A|-5-5-5-1-3-5-|-3-1-1-1---|---------0-|-1-| D|-------------|---------5-|-3-3-3-5---|---| G|-------------|-----------|-----------|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|---------------|----|-----------------|---------| A|---------------|----|-L2-L1-0------L1-|---------| D|-L2-2-3-0-L2-1-|-L1-|---------L2-3----|-3-L2-L2-| G|---------------|----|-----------------|---------|
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|----| A|-3-3-3-L1-L2-3-|-L2-L1-L1-L1---|------------0-|-L1-| D|---------------|-------------3-|-L2-L2-L2-3---|----| G|---------------|---------------|--------------|----|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-------------|---|-------------|-------| B|-------------|---|-1-----------|-------| G|-----0-------|---|---3-2---0-3-|-0-----| D|-3-4---0-3-2-|-1-|-------3-----|---3-3-| A|-------------|---|-------------|-------| E|-------------|---|-------------|-------|
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|---| B|-3-3-3---1-3-|-1---------|-----------|---| G|-------3-----|---3-3-3-0-|-------0-2-|-3-| D|-------------|-----------|-3-3-3-----|---| A|-------------|-----------|-----------|---| E|-------------|-----------|-----------|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-------------|---|-3-1-0-----1-|-------| E|-1-2-----1-0-|---|-------1-----|---1-1-| C|-------2-----|-3-|-------------|-------| G|-----0-------|---|---------0---|-0-----|
A|-5-5-5-1-3-5-|-3-1-1-1---|---------0-|-1-| E|-------------|-----------|-1-1-1-----|---| C|-------------|-----------|-----------|---| G|-------------|---------0-|-------0---|---|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee chords
B♭ major · 8 chords: B♭, D♭dim, Cm7, F7, B♭7, E♭, Edim, B♭/F
One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like B♭/F means play B♭ with F as the lowest note.
Guitar chords for Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.