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About The Irish Washerwoman

The Irish Washerwoman is a two-part Irish jig in G major — beginner-friendly, running from B, to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 6/8
Range
B, to e · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

The Irish Washerwoman — sheet music

G major · 6/8

The notes

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

B G G D G G | B G B d C B | C A A E A A | C A C e d C B G G D G G | B G B d C B | C B C A d C | B G G G B G G D G G | B G B B A G | A F♯ F♯ D F♯ F♯ | A F♯ A A G F♯ E G G D G G | C G G B, G G | C B C A d C | B G G G

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The Irish Washerwoman — tab

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

The Irish Washerwoman — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Irish Washerwoman — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Irish Washerwoman — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Irish Washerwoman — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------0-----|
B|-0-----------|-0---0-3-1-0-|-1-----------|-1---1---3-1-|
G|---0-0---0-0-|---0---------|---2-2---2-2-|---2---------|
D|-------0-----|-------------|-------2-----|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
B|-0-----------|-0---0-3-1-0-|-1-0-1---3-1-|-0-------|
G|---0-0---0-0-|---0---------|-------2-----|---0-0-0-|
D|-------0-----|-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0---0-0-----|-------------|-------------|
G|---0-0---0-0-|---0-----2-0-|-2-----------|-2---2-2-0---|
D|-------0-----|-------------|---4-4-0-4-4-|---4-------4-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
B|-------------|-------------|-1-0-1---3-1-|-0-------|
G|---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-|-------2-----|---0-0-0-|
D|-2-----0-----|-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-------------|-3-----2-----|-------------|---------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|

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

The Irish Washerwoman — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-14-10-10-5-10-10-|-14-10-14-17-15-14-|-15-12-12-7-12-12-|-15-12-15-19-17-15-|
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-14-10-10-5-10-10-|-14-10-14-17-15-14-|-15-14-15-12-17-15-|-14-10-10-10-|
E|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
C|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|-14-10-10-5-10-10-|-14-10-14-14-12-10-|-12-9-9-5-9-9-|-12-9-12-12-10-9-|
E|------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
C|------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
A|-7-10-10-5-10-10-|-3-10-10-2-10-10-|-15-14-15-12-17-15-|-14-10-10-10-|
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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