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About The Earl's Chair

The Earl's Chair is a two-part Irish reel in D 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
D major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Earl's Chair — sheet music

D 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

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

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The Earl's Chair — tab

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

The Earl's Chair — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Earl's Chair — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Earl's Chair — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Earl's Chair — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Earl's Chair — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-2-2-5-2-0---0-|-2-2-5-2-0---0-|-0-------------------|-0---5-2-0-------|
E|-----------2---|-----------2---|---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---2-------2-0-2-|
C|---------------|---------------|-----------2---------|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A|-2-2-5-2-0---0-|-2-2-5-2-0---0-|-0---0-2-5-4-5-9-|-7-5-7-9-5-|
E|-----------2---|-----------2---|---2-------------|-----------|
C|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
A|-7-7-4-5-2-5-|-7-9-7-4-5---0-2-|-7-7-4-5-7-|-9-7-5-2-0-----0-|
E|-------------|-----------2-----|-----------|-------------2---|
C|-------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------2-----|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
A|-7-7-9-7-2-2-2-2-|-10-2-2-2-2-5-7-9-10-|-12-9-14-9-12-9-7-9-|-10-7-5-2-0-----0-|
E|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------2---|
C|-----------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------2-----|
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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