Lord Mayo — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Lord Mayo

Lord Mayo is a three-part Irish march in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Lord Mayo — 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

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Lord Mayo — tab

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

Lord Mayo — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Mayo — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Mayo — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Mayo — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Mayo — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0---0-2-|-7-7-5-2-5-|-7-0-0-2-0-|---0---------|
E|---------|-----------|-----------|-------2-0---|
C|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------2-|
G|---0-----|-----------|-----------|-0---0-------|

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

A|-12-10-7-10-12-|-14-14-12-10-|-7-5-5-7-10-|---0-----|
E|---------------|-------------|------------|-------0-|
C|---------------|-------------|------------|---------|
G|---------------|-------------|------------|-0---0---|

A|-12-10-7-10-12-|-14-14-12-10-|-7-5-5-7-10-|-12-|
E|---------------|-------------|------------|----|
C|---------------|-------------|------------|----|
G|---------------|-------------|------------|----|

A|-12-10-7-10-12-|-14-14-12-10-|-7-5-5-7-10-|---0-----|
E|---------------|-------------|------------|-------0-|
C|---------------|-------------|------------|---------|
G|---------------|-------------|------------|-0---0---|

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