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About Sporting Paddy

Sporting Paddy is a two-part Irish reel in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Sporting Paddy — 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

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

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Sporting Paddy — tab

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

Sporting Paddy — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Sporting Paddy — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Sporting Paddy — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Sporting Paddy — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Sporting Paddy — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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