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About Roddy McCorley

Roddy McCorley is a two-part Irish march in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
March, two parts
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to e · first position
Notes used
C D E G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Roddy McCorley — 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 A | B A B D D | B A G D | E G G A G B C | d d d B d | e e d B A | G E C B A B C | d d d B d | e e d B A | G E C B A G A | B A B D D | B A G D | E G G A G

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Roddy McCorley — tab

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

Roddy McCorley — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Roddy McCorley — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Roddy McCorley — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Roddy McCorley — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Roddy McCorley — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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