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About Morrison's

Morrison's is a three-part Irish jig in E dorian (it uses the notes of D major) — beginner-friendly, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, three parts, each usually played twice
Key
E dorian (the notes of D major) · 6/8
Range
D to a · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Morrison's — sheet music

E dorian (the notes of D major) · 6/8

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

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

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Morrison's — tab

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

Morrison's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Morrison's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Morrison's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Morrison's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Morrison's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---2-|---2---0-----|-------2-|-5-4-2-0-----|
E|-0---|-0---0---2---|-0---0---|---------2---|
C|-----|-----------2-|---2-----|-----------2-|
G|-----|-------------|---------|-------------|
A|---2-|---2---0-----|-------0-|-5-0---------|
E|-0---|-0---0---2---|---2-----|-------2-0---|
C|-----|-----------2-|---------|-----------2-|
G|-----|-------------|-0---0---|-----0-------|
A|-2-7-7-9-7-7-|-12-7-7-9-7-7-|-2-7-7-9-7-7-|-12-10-9-7-5-|
E|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
C|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-2-7-7-9-7-7-|-12-7-7-9-7-7-|-10-9-7-5-0-|-2-0-------0-|
E|-------------|--------------|------------|-------2-----|
C|-------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
G|-------------|--------------|------------|-----0---0---|
A|-2-7-7-9-7-7-|-12-7-7-9-7-7-|-2-7-7-9-7-7-|-9-12-9-5-7-9-|
E|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
C|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-10-10-9-7-|-5-7-9-10-5-|-7-5-4-5-0-|-2-0---------|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|-------2-0---|
C|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------2-|
G|-----------|------------|-----------|-----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.

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