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About Saddle The Pony

Saddle The Pony 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

Saddle The Pony — 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 | G B A G B | d e f♯ g d B | G B A G B A F♯ D A F♯ D | G B A G B | d e f♯ g f♯ g | e f♯ e d B A B G G G | d | e f♯ e e d B | d e f♯ g f♯ g e f♯ e e d B | d B A A B d | e f♯ e e d B | d e f♯ g f♯ g e f♯ e d B A | B G G G

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Saddle The Pony — tab

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

Saddle The Pony — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Saddle The Pony — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Saddle The Pony — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Saddle The Pony — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Saddle The Pony — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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