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About My Darling Asleep

My Darling Asleep is a two-part Irish jig in D major — beginner-friendly, running from F♯ to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

My Darling Asleep — sheet music

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

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

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My Darling Asleep — tab

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

My Darling Asleep — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

My Darling Asleep — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

My Darling Asleep — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

My Darling Asleep — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

My Darling Asleep — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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