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About The Harvest Home

The Harvest Home is a two-part Irish hornpipe in D major — intermediate, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Hornpipe, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
D to g · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Harvest Home — 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

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

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The Harvest Home — tab

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

The Harvest Home — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Harvest Home — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Harvest Home — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Harvest Home — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Harvest Home — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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