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About Miss McLeod's

Miss McLeod's is a two-part Irish reel in G major — beginner-friendly, running from G to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Miss McLeod'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

G B G A G B G | B B A B C B A | G B G A G B G | A A G A C B A G B G A G B G | B B A B d | e e f♯ e d e f♯ | g f♯ e d B C B A G g f♯ e d e g | B B A B C B A | G g f♯ e d e g | a a g a e e f♯ g g f♯ e d e g | B C B A B d | e d e f♯ e d e f♯ | g f♯ e d B C B A

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Miss McLeod's — tab

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

Miss McLeod's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Miss McLeod's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Miss McLeod's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Miss McLeod's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Miss McLeod's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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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