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About The Gravel Walks

The Gravel Walks is a three-part Irish reel in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from G to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

The Gravel Walks — sheet music

A dorian (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

A e A C B A e A | A e A B A G B | A e A B C d e f♯ | g e d C B A G B A a A g A f♯ A | A e A B A G B | A a A g A f♯ A | g e d C B A G B A a A g A f♯ A | A e A B A G B | A B C d e f♯ g a | g e d C B A G B C B A B G A A B | C A A d B A G B | C B A B G A B C d | e f♯ g e d B G B C g C a C g C | C g C B A G B | C g C a C g a | g e d C B A G B C g C a C g C | C g C B A G B | A B C d e f♯ g a | g e d C B A G B

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The Gravel Walks — tab

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

The Gravel Walks — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Gravel Walks — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Gravel Walks — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Gravel Walks — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---0---------0---|---0-----------|---0---------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
B|-------1-0-------|-------0-----0-|-------0-1-3-----|-----3-1-0-----0-|
G|-2---2-----2---2-|-2---2---2-0---|-2---2-----------|-----------2-0---|
D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|---5---3---2---|---0-----------|---5---3---2---|-3-0-------------|
B|---------------|-------0-----0-|---------------|-----3-1-0-----0-|
G|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2-0---|-2---2---2---2-|-----------2-0---|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---5---3---2---|---0-----------|---------0-2-3-5-|-3-0-------------|
B|---------------|-------0-----0-|---0-1-3---------|-----3-1-0-----0-|
G|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2-0---|-2---------------|-----------2-0---|
D|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-0-2-3-0---------|
B|-1-0---0-------0-|-1-----3-0-----0-|-1-0---0-----0-1-3-|---------3-0---0-|
G|-----2---0-2-2---|---2-2-----2-0---|-----2---0-2-------|-------------0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e|---3---5---3---|---3-----------|---3---5---3-5-|-3-0-------------|
B|-1---1---1---1-|-1---1-0-----0-|-1---1---1-----|-----3-1-0-----0-|
G|---------------|---------2-0---|---------------|-----------2-0---|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---3---5---3---|---3-----------|---------0-2-3-5-|-3-0-------------|
B|-1---1---1---1-|-1---1-0-----0-|---0-1-3---------|-----3-1-0-----0-|
G|---------------|---------2-0---|-2---------------|-----------2-0---|
D|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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

The Gravel Walks — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-7-0-3-2-0-7-0-|-0-7-0-2-0---2-|-0-7-0-2-3-5-7-9-|-10-7-5-3-2-0---2-|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
C|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------0---|-----------------|--------------0---|
A|-0-12-0-10-0-9-0-|-0-7-0-2-0---2-|-0-12-0-10-0-9-0-|-10-7-5-3-2-0---2-|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
C|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------0---|-----------------|--------------0---|
A|-0-12-0-10-0-9-0-|-0-7-0-2-0---2-|-0-2-3-5-7-9-10-12-|-10-7-5-3-2-0---2-|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------0---|-------------------|--------------0---|
A|-3-2-0-2---0-0-2-|-3-0-0-5-2-0---2-|-3-2-0-2---0-2-3-5-|-7-9-10-7-5-2---2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|---------0-------|-------------0---|---------0---------|--------------0---|
A|-3-10-3-12-3-10-3-|-3-10-3-2-0---2-|-3-10-3-12-3-10-12-|-10-7-5-3-2-0---2-|
E|------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------0---|-------------------|--------------0---|
A|-3-10-3-12-3-10-3-|-3-10-3-2-0---2-|-0-2-3-5-7-9-10-12-|-10-7-5-3-2-0---2-|
E|------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
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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