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About The Foxhunter

The Foxhunter is a two-part Irish slip jig in D major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Slip jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 9/8
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Foxhunter — sheet music

D major · 9/8

The notes

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

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

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The Foxhunter — tab

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

The Foxhunter — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Foxhunter — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Foxhunter — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Foxhunter — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Foxhunter — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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