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About Tam Lin

Tam Lin is a two-part Irish reel in D minor (it uses the notes of F major) — intermediate, running from A, to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D minor (the notes of F major) · 4/4
Range
A, to e · first position
Notes used
C D E F G A B♭
Level
Intermediate

Tam Lin — sheet music

D minor (the notes of F 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 A, F A, D A, | B♭, D B♭, F B♭, D B♭, | C E C G C E C | F E D C A, D D C A, D A, F A, D A, | B♭, D B♭, F B♭, D B♭, | C E C G C E C | F E D C A, D D d A A F A D A | d A A F A D A | C G G E G G | C G G C d e C d A A F A D A | d A A F A D A, | B♭, A, B♭, C D E | F D E C A, D D

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Tam Lin — tab

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

Tam Lin — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Tam Lin — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Tam Lin — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Tam Lin — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Tam Lin — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-0-5-0-8-0-5-0-|-1-5-1-8-1-5-1-|-3-7-3-10-3-7-3-|-8-7-5-3-0-5-5-3-|
E|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
C|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-5-0-8-0-5-0-|-1-5-1-8-1-5-1-|-3-7-3-10-3-7-3-|-8-7-5-3-0-5-5-|
E|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
C|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-17-12-12-8-12-5-12-|-17-12-12-8-12-5-12-|-15-10-10-7-10-10-|-15-10-10-15-17-19-15-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A|-17-12-12-8-12-5-12-|-17-12-12-8-12-5-0-|-1-0-1-3-5-7-|-8-5-7-3-0-5-5-|
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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