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Stoney Point — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Stoney Point

Stoney Point is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in G 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
G major · C
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Stoney Point — sheet music

G major · C

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

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Stoney Point — tab

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

Stoney Point — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Stoney Point — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Stoney Point — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Stoney Point — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------|---3-0---0---|---3-0---------|---3-0---0---|
B|-------|-------3---3-|-0-----3-1-0---|-------3---3-|
G|-------|-0-----------|-------------2-|-0-----------|
D|-0-2-4-|-------------|---------------|-------------|
A|-------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
e|-----------------|---3-0---0---|---3-0---------|---3-0---0-5-|
B|-0-----0---------|-------3---3-|-0-----3-1-0---|-------3-----|
G|---2-0---2-0-----|-0-----------|-------------2-|-0-----------|
D|-------------2-4-|-------------|---------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
e|-2-3-5-2-3-------|-2-3-5-2-3-2-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-2-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
B|-----------------|---------------3-|-------------|---------------3-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-----------0-2-4-|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
e|-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-2-3-5-2-3-|-3-2-3-5-7-3-2-0-|-2-0-2-3-5-2-0---|
B|-------------|-----------|-----------------|---------------3-|
G|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-3-2-3-5-7-3-0-3-|-2-3-5-2-3-|
B|-----------------|-----------|
G|-----------------|-----------|
D|-----------------|-----------|
A|-----------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|-----------|

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

Stoney Point — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------|---10-7-5-7-5-|-2-10-7-5-3-2-0-|---10-7-5-7-5-|
E|---0-2-|--------------|----------------|--------------|
C|-2-----|--------------|----------------|--------------|
G|-------|-0------------|----------------|-0------------|
A|-2-0---2-0-------|---10-7-5-7-5-|-2-10-7-5-3-2-0-|---10-7-5-7-12-|
E|-------------0-2-|--------------|----------------|---------------|
C|-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
G|-----0-----0-----|-0------------|----------------|-0-------------|
A|-9-10-12-9-10-------|-9-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-10-|-9-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|
E|----------------0-2-|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
C|--------------2-----|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-10-|-9-10-12-9-10-|-10-9-10-12-14-10-9-7-|-9-7-9-10-12-9-7-5-|
E|--------------|--------------|----------------------|-------------------|
C|--------------|--------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|--------------|----------------------|-------------------|
A|-10-9-10-12-14-10-7-10-|-9-10-12-9-10-|
E|-----------------------|--------------|
C|-----------------------|--------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------|

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

Stoney Point chords

G major · 3 chords: G, D, Em

pickup
G
G
G
G D
G
G
G
D G
D G
Em
D
Em
D G
G
D
G
D G

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

Guitar chords for Stoney Point

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

GD××Em

Ukulele chords for Stoney Point

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

GDEm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Stoney Point

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

GDEm

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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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