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About Liberty

Liberty is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in D major — intermediate, running from A, to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Liberty — sheet music

D 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

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

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Liberty — tab

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

Liberty — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-5-3-|-2---2---|-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-3---3---|
A|-----|---0---0-|-------------5---|---2---2-|
D|-----|---------|-----------------|---------|
G|-----|---------|-----------------|---------|
E|-3-2-3-5-3-2-0-3-|-2---2---|-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-3-2-0-----------|
A|-----------------|---0---0-|-------------5---|-------5-4-0-2-4-|
D|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0-----2-3-|---2-0-----|---------------|---------2---|
A|-5-----4-5-----|-5-----4-5-|-0-0-2-0-------|-----0-5---5-|
D|---------------|-----------|---------5-4-2-|-0-4---------|
G|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
E|---------------|---------|---------------|---------2---0-2-|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|---------|-0-0-2-0-------|-----0-5---5-----|
D|---------4-2-0-|-----2-5-|---------5-4-2-|-0-4-------------|
G|---------------|-2-6-----|---------------|-----------------|
E|-3-2-0-----------|---------------|---2-0-----|
A|-------5-4-0-2-4-|-5-2-0---------|-5-----4-5-|
D|-----------------|-------4-0-4-5-|-----------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------|

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

Liberty — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-5-3-|-2---2---|-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-3---3---|
A|-----|---0---0-|-------------5---|---2---2-|
D|-----|---------|-----------------|---------|
G|-----|---------|-----------------|---------|
E|-3-2-3-5-3-2-0-3-|-2---2---|-2-0-2-3-2-0---2-|-3-2-0-----------|
A|-----------------|---0---0-|-------------5---|-------5-4-0-2-4-|
D|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0-----2-3-|---2-0-----|---------------|---------2---|
A|-5-----4-5-----|-5-----4-5-|-0-0-2-0-------|-----0-5---5-|
D|---------------|-----------|---------5-4-2-|-0-4---------|
G|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
E|---------------|---------|---------------|---------2---0-2-|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|---------|-0-0-2-0-------|-----0-5---5-----|
D|---------4-2-0-|-----2-5-|---------5-4-2-|-0-4-------------|
G|---------------|-2-6-----|---------------|-----------------|
E|-3-2-0-----------|---------------|---2-0-----|
A|-------5-4-0-2-4-|-5-2-0---------|-5-----4-5-|
D|-----------------|-------4-0-4-5-|-----------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------|

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

Liberty — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-3-L2-|-1---1---|-1-0-1-L2-1-0---1-|-L2---L2---|
A|------|---0---0-|--------------3---|----1----1-|
D|------|---------|------------------|-----------|
G|------|---------|------------------|-----------|
E|-L2-1-L2-3-L2-1-0-L2-|-1---1---|-1-0-1-L2-1-0---1-|-L2-1-0-----------|
A|---------------------|---0---0-|--------------3---|--------3-2-0-1-2-|
D|---------------------|---------|------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------|---------|------------------|------------------|
E|---1-0-----1-L2-|---1-0-----|---------------|---------1---|
A|-3-----2-3------|-3-----2-3-|-0-0-1-0-------|-----0-3---3-|
D|----------------|-----------|---------3-2-1-|-0-2---------|
G|----------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
E|---------------|----------|---------------|---------1---0-1-|
A|-0-0-1-0-------|----------|-0-0-1-0-------|-----0-3---3-----|
D|---------2-1-0-|------1-3-|---------3-2-1-|-0-2-------------|
G|---------------|-1-H3-----|---------------|-----------------|
E|-L2-1-0-----------|---------------|---1-0-----|
A|--------3-2-0-1-2-|-3-1-0---------|-3-----2-3-|
D|------------------|-------2-0-2-3-|-----------|
G|------------------|---------------|-----------|

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

Liberty — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Liberty — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-24-22-|-21-12-21-12-|-21-19-21-22-21-19-17-21-|-22-14-22-14-|
E|-------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|
C|-------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|
G|-------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|
A|-22-21-22-24-22-21-19-22-|-21-12-21-12-|-21-19-21-22-21-19-17-21-|-22-21-19-17-16-12-14-16-|
E|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-17-21-19-16-17-21-22-|-17-21-19-16-17-|-12-12-14-12-10-9-7-|-5-9-12-17-21-17-|
E|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
C|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
A|-12-12-14-12-9-7-5-|-0-4-7-10-|-12-12-14-12-10-9-7-|-5-9-12-17-21-17-19-21-|
E|-------------------|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|
C|-------------------|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|-22-21-19-17-16-12-14-16-|-17-14-12-9-5-9-10-|-17-21-19-16-17-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
C|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Liberty chords

D major · 3 chords: D, G, A

pickup
D
D
G
G
D
D
G A
D
D
D
D
D
A
D
D
A
D
D

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Liberty

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

D××GA×

Ukulele chords for Liberty

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGA

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Liberty

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGA

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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