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About The Coolin

The Coolin is an Irish air in C major — beginner-friendly, running from C to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Air
Key
C major · 3/4
Range
C to e · first position
Notes used
C D E F F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

The Coolin — sheet music

C major · 3/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

G A B | C B C d B | C E C E G | C B C d e d C C B C B | A B C d C B A | G E G C G | B A G F E C D C C G F | E D C D E F♯ | G F♯ G A B G | C B C d e d C C B C B | A B C d C B A | G E G C G | B A G F E C D C C

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The Coolin — tab

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

The Coolin — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Coolin — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Coolin — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Coolin — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Coolin — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---0-2-|-3-2-3-5-2-|-3---------|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-|
E|-------|-----------|---0---0---|---------------|
C|-------|-----------|-----0-----|---------------|
G|-0-----|-----------|---------0-|---------------|
A|-3-2-3-2-|-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-------3---|-2-0-------------|
E|---------|---------------|---0-------|-------1-0-------|
C|---------|---------------|-----------|-----------0-2-0-|
G|---------|---------------|-0---0---0-|-----0-----------|
A|-------|-------------|-------0-2---|-3-2-3-5-7-5-3-|
E|-----1-|-0-------0-2-|---2---------|---------------|
C|-0-----|---2-0-2-----|-------------|---------------|
G|---0---|-------------|-0---0-----0-|---------------|
A|-3-2-3-2-|-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-------3---|-2-0-------------|
E|---------|---------------|---0-------|-------1-0-------|
C|---------|---------------|-----------|-----------0-2-0-|
G|---------|---------------|-0---0---0-|-----0-----------|
A|---|
E|---|
C|-0-|
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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