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Saint Anne's Reel — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Saint Anne's Reel

Saint Anne's Reel is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in D major — intermediate, running from F♯ to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
F♯ to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Saint Anne's Reel — 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 d | f♯ f♯ g f♯ e d B | A F♯ F♯ A | B G A B C♯ d B A F♯ F♯ d e | f♯ f♯ g f♯ e d B | A F♯ F♯ A | B d C♯ d e C♯ d d e d d e | d d e d a g | f♯ d d e f♯ g | a g f♯ g g f♯ e d C♯ B A C♯ e g | b a a g | f♯ d d e f♯ g | a g f♯ g g f♯ e d C♯ B A B C♯ e | f♯ f♯ d a g | f♯ d d

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Saint Anne's Reel — tab

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

Saint Anne's Reel — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------------|
A|-0-5-|-----------5-2-|-0-----0-|-2---0-2-4-5-2-|
D|-----|---------------|---4-4---|---5-----------|
G|-----|---------------|---------|---------------|
E|---------0-|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------0---|
A|-0-----5---|-----------5-2-|-0-----0-|-2-5-4-5---4-|
D|---4-4-----|---------------|---4-4---|-------------|
G|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----0-----0-|-----0---5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
A|-5-5---5-5---|-5-5---5-----|---5-5-------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------0-3-|-7-5-5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
A|---5-4-2-0-4-----|---------|---5-5-------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-------------0-|-2-2---5-3-|-2-----|
A|---5-4-2-0-2-4---|-----5-----|---5-5-|
D|-----------------|-----------|-------|
G|-----------------|-----------|-------|

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

Saint Anne's Reel — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------------|
A|-0-5-|-----------5-2-|-0-----0-|-2---0-2-4-5-2-|
D|-----|---------------|---4-4---|---5-----------|
G|-----|---------------|---------|---------------|
E|---------0-|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------0---|
A|-0-----5---|-----------5-2-|-0-----0-|-2-5-4-5---4-|
D|---4-4-----|---------------|---4-4---|-------------|
G|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----0-----0-|-----0---5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
A|-5-5---5-5---|-5-5---5-----|---5-5-------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------0-3-|-7-5-5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
A|---5-4-2-0-4-----|---------|---5-5-------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-------------0-|-2-2---5-3-|-2-----|
A|---5-4-2-0-2-4---|-----5-----|---5-5-|
D|-----------------|-----------|-------|
G|-----------------|-----------|-------|

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

Saint Anne's Reel — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|-1-1-L2-1-0-----|---------|---------------|
A|-0-3-|------------3-1-|-0-----0-|-1---0-1-2-3-1-|
D|-----|----------------|---2-2---|---3-----------|
G|-----|----------------|---------|---------------|
E|---------0-|-1-1-L2-1-0-----|---------|---------0---|
A|-0-----3---|------------3-1-|-0-----0-|-1-3-2-3---2-|
D|---2-2-----|----------------|---2-2---|-------------|
G|-----------|----------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----0-----0-|-----0---3-L2-|-1-----0-1-L2-|-3-L2-1-L2-L2-1-|
A|-3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3------|---3-3--------|----------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
G|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
E|-0-----------0-L2-|-4-3-3-L2-|-1-----0-1-L2-|-3-L2-1-L2-L2-1-|
A|---3-2-1-0-2------|----------|---3-3--------|----------------|
D|------------------|----------|--------------|----------------|
G|------------------|----------|--------------|----------------|
E|-0-------------0-|-1-1---3-L2-|-1-----|
A|---3-2-1-0-1-2---|-----3------|---3-3-|
D|-----------------|------------|-------|
G|-----------------|------------|-------|

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

Saint Anne's Reel — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------------|
B|---3-|-----------3-0-|---------|-0-----0-2-3-0-|
G|-2---|---------------|-2-----2-|---0-2---------|
D|-----|---------------|---4-4---|---------------|
A|-----|---------------|---------|---------------|
E|-----|---------------|---------|---------------|
e|---------0-|-2-2-3-2-0-----|---------|---------0---|
B|-------3---|-----------3-0-|---------|-0-3-2-3---2-|
G|-2---------|---------------|-2-----2-|-------------|
D|---4-4-----|---------------|---4-4---|-------------|
A|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|
E|-----------|---------------|---------|-------------|
e|-----0-----0-|-----0---5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
B|-3-3---3-3---|-3-3---3-----|---3-3-------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-0-----------0-3-|-7-5-5-3-|-2-----0-2-3-|-5-3-2-3-3-2-|
B|---3-2-0---2-----|---------|---3-3-------|-------------|
G|---------2-------|---------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------|-------------|-------------|
e|-0-------------0-|-2-2---5-3-|-2-----|
B|---3-2-0---0-2---|-----3-----|---3-3-|
G|---------2-------|-----------|-------|
D|-----------------|-----------|-------|
A|-----------------|-----------|-------|
E|-----------------|-----------|-------|

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

Saint Anne's Reel — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-5-|-9-9-10-9-7-5-2-|-0-----0-|-2---0-2-4-5-2-|
E|-----|----------------|---2-2---|---------------|
C|-----|----------------|---------|---------------|
G|-----|----------------|---------|---0-----------|
A|-0-----5-7-|-9-9-10-9-7-5-2-|-0-----0-|-2-5-4-5-7-4-|
E|---2-2-----|----------------|---2-2---|-------------|
C|-----------|----------------|---------|-------------|
G|-----------|----------------|---------|-------------|
A|-5-5-7-5-5-7-|-5-5-7-5-12-10-|-9-5-5-7-9-10-|-12-10-9-10-10-9-|
E|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
C|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
A|-7-5-4-2-0-4-7-10-|-14-12-12-10-|-9-5-5-7-9-10-|-12-10-9-10-10-9-|
E|------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
C|------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
A|-7-5-4-2-0-2-4-7-|-9-9-5-12-10-|-9-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------|
C|-----------------|-------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-------|

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

Saint Anne's Reel chords

D major · 5 chords: D, G, A, Em, Bm

pickup
D
D
G
D
D
D
G A
D
D
D
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
D
D A D

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Saint Anne's Reel

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

D××GA×EmBm×

Ukulele chords for Saint Anne's Reel

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGAEmBm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Saint Anne's Reel

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGAEmBm

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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