About Rolling In The Ryegrass
Rolling In The Ryegrass is an one-part Irish reel in D major — intermediate, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Reel, one parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- D major · 4/4
- Range
- D to a · first position
- Notes used
- D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Intermediate
Rolling In The Ryegrass — sheet music
D 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
A A B A F♯ D F♯ | G B G d G B G | A B A F♯ D F♯ A F♯ | G B A G E D A B d e f♯ f♯ d | g g e f♯ e d B | A B d e f♯ e f♯ a | g f♯ d f♯ e d
Rolling In The Ryegrass — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Rolling In The Ryegrass — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| A|-0-0-2-0-------|---2---5---2---|-0-2-0-------0---|---2-0-------| D|---------4-0-4-|-5---5---5---5-|-------4-0-4---4-|-5-----5-2-0-| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-------0-2-2---|-3-3-0-2-0-----|-------0-2-0-2-5-|-3-2---2-0---| A|-0-2-5-------5-|-----------5-2-|-0-2-5-----------|-----5-----5-| D|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Rolling In The Ryegrass — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| A|-0-0-2-0-------|---2---5---2---|-0-2-0-------0---|---2-0-------| D|---------4-0-4-|-5---5---5---5-|-------4-0-4---4-|-5-----5-2-0-| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-------0-2-2---|-3-3-0-2-0-----|-------0-2-0-2-5-|-3-2---2-0---| A|-0-2-5-------5-|-----------5-2-|-0-2-5-----------|-----5-----5-| D|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Rolling In The Ryegrass — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| A|-0-0-1-0-------|---1---3---1---|-0-1-0-------0---|---1-0-------| D|---------2-0-2-|-3---3---3---3-|-------2-0-2---2-|-3-----3-1-0-| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-------0-1-1---|-L2-L2-0-1-0-----|-------0-1-0-1-3-|-L2-1---1-0---| A|-0-1-3-------3-|-------------3-1-|-0-1-3-----------|------3-----3-| D|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------| G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Rolling In The Ryegrass — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| B|-----0---------|---0---3---0---|---0-------------|---0---------| G|-2-2---2-------|-0---0---0---0-|-2---2-------2---|-0---2-0-----| D|---------4-0-4-|---------------|-------4-0-4---4-|---------2-0-| A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
e|-------0-2-2---|-3-3-0-2-0-----|-------0-2-0-2-5-|-3-2---2-0---| B|---0-3-------3-|-----------3-0-|---0-3-----------|-----3-----3-| G|-2-------------|---------------|-2---------------|-------------| D|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Rolling In The Ryegrass — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-0-0-2-0-------|---2---5---2---|-0-2-0-------0---|---2-0-------| E|---------2---2-|---------------|-------2---2---2-|---------0---| C|-----------2---|---------------|---------2-------|-----------2-| G|---------------|-0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-0-----0-----|
A|-0-2-5-7-9-9-5-|-10-10-7-9-7-5-2-|-0-2-5-7-9-7-9-12-|-10-9-5-9-7-5-| E|---------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------| C|---------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------| G|---------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More reels and tunes like it
This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.