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About Saint Anne's

Saint Anne's is a two-part Irish reel in D major — intermediate, running from D 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
D to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G G♯ A B
Level
Intermediate

Saint Anne's — 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

f♯ e d f♯ e d C♯ B | A F♯ A D A F♯ A | B G B E B G B | A F♯ A D A F♯ A f♯ e d f♯ e d C♯ B | A F♯ A D A F♯ A | B G e d C♯ A B C♯ | e d d C♯ d d e f♯ f♯ g f♯ e d C♯ | B g g f♯ g g f♯ | e d C♯ B A B C♯ e | b a a g♯ a b a g♯ f♯ f♯ g f♯ e d C♯ | B g g f♯ g g f♯ | e d C♯ B A B C♯ d | e d d C♯ d d e

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Saint Anne's — tab

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

Saint Anne's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Saint Anne's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Saint Anne's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Saint Anne's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Saint Anne's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-9-7-5-9-7-5-4-2-|-0---0---0---0-|-2---2---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---2-------2---|-------0-------|---2-------2---|
C|-----------------|-------2-------|---------------|-------2-------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---0-------0---|---------------|
A|-9-7-5-9-7-5-4-2-|-0---0---0---0-|-2---7-5-4-0-2-4-|-7-5-5-4-5-5-7-|
E|-----------------|---2-------2---|-----------------|---------------|
C|-----------------|-------2-------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|---0-------------|---------------|
A|-9-9-10-9-7-5-4-|-2-10-10-9-10-10-9-|-7-5-4-2-0-2-4-7-|-14-12-12-11-12-14-12-11-|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
C|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-9-9-10-9-7-5-4-|-2-10-10-9-10-10-9-|-7-5-4-2-0-2-4-5-|-7-5-5-4-5-5-7-|
E|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
C|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|

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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