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About The Dunmore Lasses

The Dunmore Lasses is a two-part Irish reel in E minor (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

The Dunmore Lasses — sheet music

E minor (the notes of 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 F♯ G A | B e e B e e | E F♯ G B G | A B A G E F♯ D E F♯ G A | B e e d e f♯ | g f♯ e f♯ d e B d B | A C B A G E F♯ D g e g f♯ e d C | B e e B e e | g e g f♯ e d B | A C B A G E E g e g f♯ e d C | B e e d e f♯ | g f♯ e f♯ d e B d B | A C B A G E E

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The Dunmore Lasses — tab

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

The Dunmore Lasses — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Dunmore Lasses — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Dunmore Lasses — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Dunmore Lasses — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Dunmore Lasses — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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