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About Out On The Ocean

Out On The Ocean is a two-part Irish jig in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Out On The Ocean — sheet music

G 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

D B B A G | B d B A B | G E D G A | B B A G E D B B A G | B d B A B | G E D G A | B G E G E B G E G B d | e e e d B | e g e e d B | d B d e f♯ g f♯ e d B A | G A B d | e g e d B A | G E D G A B G E G B d | B G E G

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Out On The Ocean — tab

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

Out On The Ocean — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Out On The Ocean — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Out On The Ocean — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Out On The Ocean — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Out On The Ocean — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

More jigs and tunes like it

The KeshBanish MisfortuneThe SwallowtailThe Blarney PilgrimThe Lilting BansheeThe Cliffs Of MoherThe Irish WasherwomanThe Blackthorn Stick

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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