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About The Lilting Banshee

The Lilting Banshee is a two-part Irish jig in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from E to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
A dorian (the notes of G major) · 6/8
Range
E to a · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

The Lilting Banshee — sheet music

A dorian (the notes of 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

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

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The Lilting Banshee — tab

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

The Lilting Banshee — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Lilting Banshee — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Lilting Banshee — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Lilting Banshee — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Lilting Banshee — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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