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About The Man Of The House

The Man Of The House is a two-part Irish reel in E minor (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

The Man Of The House — sheet music

E minor (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

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

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The Man Of The House — tab

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

The Man Of The House — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|---2-----0-2---|---2-------0---|---2-----0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2-------|
D|-2---2-5-----5-|-2---2-4-0---0-|-2---2-5-------|-----------5-2-0-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|
A|-5-2-3-0-2-----|-------------|-------5---5-2-5-|-------------|
D|-----------5-2-|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-3-2-0-----0-0---|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
A|-------5-2-----5-|-----------------|-------5---------|---------------5-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|
A|---5-2-0---------|
D|---------5-2-2-0-|
G|-----------------|

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

The Man Of The House — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|---2-----0-2---|---2-------0---|---2-----0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2-------|
D|-2---2-5-----5-|-2---2-4-0---0-|-2---2-5-------|-----------5-2-0-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|
A|-5-2-3-0-2-----|-------------|-------5---5-2-5-|-------------|
D|-----------5-2-|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-3-2-0-----0-0---|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
A|-------5-2-----5-|-----------------|-------5---------|---------------5-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|
A|---5-2-0---------|
D|---------5-2-2-0-|
G|-----------------|

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

The Man Of The House — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
A|---1-----0-1---|---1-------0---|---1-----0-1-L2-|-3-1-L2-0-1-------|
D|-1---1-3-----3-|-1---1-2-0---0-|-1---1-3--------|------------3-1-0-|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|-0-L2-0-1-3-1-|-L2-1-0---0-------|-0-L2-0-1-3-1-|
A|-3-1-L2-0-1-----|--------------|--------3---3-1-3-|--------------|
D|------------3-1-|--------------|------------------|--------------|
G|----------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|
E|-L2-1-0-----0-0---|-0-1-L2-0-1-L2-3-1-|-L2-1-0---0-1-L2-3-|-4-L2-3-1-L2-1-0---|
A|--------3-1-----3-|-------------------|--------3----------|-----------------3-|
D|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------------|
A|---3-1-0---------|
D|---------3-1-1-0-|
G|-----------------|

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

The Man Of The House — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|---0-------0---|---0-----------|---0-------0-1-|-3-0-1---0-------|
G|-------0-2---0-|-----------2---|-------0-2-----|-------2---0-----|
D|-2---2---------|-2---2-4-0---0-|-2---2---------|-------------2-0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---------------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-------|-0-3-0-2-5-2-|
B|-3-0-1---0-----|-------------|-------3---3-0-3-|-------------|
G|-------2---0---|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
D|-------------2-|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
e|-3-2-0-----0-0---|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-2-|-3-2-0---0-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
B|-------3-0-----3-|-----------------|-------3---------|---------------3-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-0---------------|
B|---3-0-----------|
G|-------2-0-------|
D|-----------2-2-0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

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

The Man Of The House — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---2-----0-2---|---2-------0---|---2-----0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2-------|
E|-0---0---------|-0---0-2-------|-0---0---------|-------------0---|
C|---------------|---------2---2-|---------------|---------------2-|
G|-------0-----0-|---------------|-------0-------|-----------0-----|
A|-5-2-3-0-2-----|-7-10-7-9-12-9-|-10-9-7-5-7-5-2-5-|-7-10-7-9-12-9-|
E|-------------0-|---------------|------------------|---------------|
C|---------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
G|-----------0---|---------------|------------------|---------------|
A|-10-9-7-5-2-7-7-5-|-7-9-10-7-9-10-12-9-|-10-9-7-5-7-9-10-12-|-14-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|
E|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
C|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A|-7-5-2-0---------|
E|-----------0-0---|
C|---------------2-|
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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