About The Humours Of Tulla
The Humours Of Tulla is an one-part Irish reel in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Reel, one parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- G major · 4/4
- Range
- D to d · first position
- Notes used
- C D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Beginner-friendly
The Humours Of Tulla — sheet music
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
G D G E G D E | G B G A G E F♯ | G D G E G D G | E F♯ G A B C B A d B A B G B B | d B B C B C | d B A B G B A B | E F♯ G A B C B C
The Humours Of Tulla — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
The Humours Of Tulla — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| A|---------------|---2---0-------|---------------|-------0-2-3-2-0-| D|-5-0-5-2-5-0-2-|-5---5---5-2-4-|-5-0-5-2-5-0-5-|-2-4-5-----------| G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-2-0-2---2-2-|-5-2-2-3-2-3-|-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-|-------0-2-3-2-3-| D|---------5-----|-------------|---------5-------|-2-4-5-----------| G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
The Humours Of Tulla — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| A|---------------|---2---0-------|---------------|-------0-2-3-2-0-| D|-5-0-5-2-5-0-2-|-5---5---5-2-4-|-5-0-5-2-5-0-5-|-2-4-5-----------| G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-5-2-0-2---2-2-|-5-2-2-3-2-3-|-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-|-------0-2-3-2-3-| D|---------5-----|-------------|---------5-------|-2-4-5-----------| G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
The Humours Of Tulla — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------| A|---------------|---1---0-------|---------------|-------0-1-L2-1-0-| D|-3-0-3-1-3-0-1-|-3---3---3-1-2-|-3-0-3-1-3-0-3-|-1-2-3------------| G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------| A|-3-1-0-1---1-1-|-3-1-1-L2-1-L2-|-3-1-0-1---1-0-1-|-------0-1-L2-1-L2-| D|---------3-----|---------------|---------3-------|-1-2-3-------------| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
The Humours Of Tulla — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| B|---------------|---0-----------|---------------|---------0-1-0---| G|-0---0---0-----|-0---0-2-0-----|-0---0---0---0-|-----0-2-------2-| D|---0---2---0-2-|-----------2-4-|---0---2---0---|-2-4-------------| A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-3-0---0---0-0-|-3-0-0-1-0-1-|-3-0---0---0---0-|---------0-1-0-1-| G|-----2---0-----|-------------|-----2---0---2---|-----0-2---------| D|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-2-4-------------| A|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
The Humours Of Tulla — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|---------------|---2---0-------|---------------|-------0-2-3-2-0-| E|-------0-----0-|-----------0-2-|-------0-------|-0-2-------------| C|---2-------2---|---------------|---2-------2---|-----------------| G|-0---0---0-----|-0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-|-----0-----------|
A|-5-2-0-2---2-2-|-5-2-2-3-2-3-|-5-2-0-2---2-0-2-|-------0-2-3-2-3-| E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-0-2-------------| C|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|---------0-----|-------------|---------0-------|-----0-----------|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More reels and tunes like it
This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.