About The Rights Of Man
The Rights Of Man is a two-part Irish hornpipe in E minor (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from E to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Hornpipe, two parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- E minor (the notes of G major) · 4/4
- Range
- E to b · first position
- Notes used
- C C♯ D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Intermediate
The Rights Of Man — 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
G A | B A G F♯ | E F♯ G A B e f♯ | g f♯ e d e d B d C B A G A G A | B C A B G A F♯ G | E F♯ G A B e f♯ | g f♯ e d B g f♯ g e E E | g a | b a b g e f♯ g a | b a b g e g f♯ e d C♯ d e f♯ e f♯ g | a f♯ d f♯ a g f♯ | e d e f♯ g f♯ g a | b g a f♯ g f♯ e f♯ g f♯ e d B g f♯ g | e E E
The Rights Of Man — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
The Rights Of Man — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-----|---------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0---0-------| A|---0-|-2-0-----|-------0-2-----|-------5---5-2-5-| D|-5---|-----5-4-|-2-4-5---------|-----------------| G|-----|---------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-| A|-3-2-0---0---0-|-2-3-0-2---0-----|-------0-2-----|-------5-2-------| D|-------5---5---|---------5---4-5-|-2-4-5---------|-----------------| G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-0-----|-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-2-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-3-2-0-| A|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------| D|---2-2-|-----|-----------------|-----------------| G|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------0-2-0-2-3-|-5-2---2-5-3-2-|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0-2-| A|-5-4-5-----------|-----5---------|---5-------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-|-0-----| A|-------5-2-------|-------| D|-----------------|---2-2-| G|-----------------|-------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
The Rights Of Man — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-----|---------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0---0-------| A|---0-|-2-0-----|-------0-2-----|-------5---5-2-5-| D|-5---|-----5-4-|-2-4-5---------|-----------------| G|-----|---------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-| A|-3-2-0---0---0-|-2-3-0-2---0-----|-------0-2-----|-------5-2-------| D|-------5---5---|---------5---4-5-|-2-4-5---------|-----------------| G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-0-----|-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-2-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-3-2-0-| A|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------| D|---2-2-|-----|-----------------|-----------------| G|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------0-2-0-2-3-|-5-2---2-5-3-2-|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0-2-| A|-5-4-5-----------|-----5---------|---5-------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-|-0-----| A|-------5-2-------|-------| D|-----------------|---2-2-| G|-----------------|-------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
The Rights Of Man — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|-----|---------|-----------0-1-|-L2-1-0---0-------| A|---0-|-1-0-----|-------0-1-----|--------3---3-1-3-| D|-3---|-----3-2-|-1-2-3---------|------------------| G|-----|---------|---------------|------------------|
E|----------------|------------------|-----------0-1-|-L2-1-0-----L2-1-L2-| A|-L2-1-0---0---0-|-1-L2-0-1---0-----|-------0-1-----|--------3-1---------| D|--------3---3---|----------3---2-3-|-1-2-3---------|--------------------| G|----------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
E|-0-----|-L2-3-|-4-3-4-L2-0-1-L2-3-|-4-3-4-L2-0-L2-1-0-| A|-------|------|-------------------|-------------------| D|---1-1-|------|-------------------|-------------------| G|-------|------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------0-1-0-1-L2-|-3-1---1-3-L2-1-|-0---0-1-L2-1-L2-3-|-4-L2-3-1-L2-1-0-1-| A|-3-2-3------------|-----3----------|---3---------------|-------------------| D|------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------| G|------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-L2-1-0-----L2-1-L2-|-0-----| A|--------3-1---------|-------| D|--------------------|---1-1-| G|--------------------|-------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
The Rights Of Man — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-----|---------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0---0-------| B|-----|-0-------|---------0-----|-------3---3-0-3-| G|-0-2-|---2-0---|-----0-2-------|-----------------| D|-----|-------4-|-2-4-----------|-----------------| A|-----|---------|---------------|-----------------| E|-----|---------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-| B|-1-0-----------|-0-1---0---------|---------0-----|-------3-0-------| G|-----2-0-2-0-2-|-----2---0-2---0-|-----0-2-------|-----------------| D|---------------|-------------4---|-2-4-----------|-----------------| A|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|-0-----|-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-2-3-5-|-7-5-7-3-0-3-2-0-| B|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------| G|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------| D|---2-2-|-----|-----------------|-----------------| A|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------| E|-------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-------0-2-0-2-3-|-5-2---2-5-3-2-|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|-7-3-5-2-3-2-0-2-| B|-3-2-3-----------|-----3---------|---3-------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-3-2-0-----3-2-3-|-0-----| B|-------3-0-------|-------| G|-----------------|-------| D|-----------------|---2-2-| A|-----------------|-------| E|-----------------|-------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
The Rights Of Man — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|---0-|-2-0-----|-------0-2-7-9-|-10-9-7-5-7-5-2-5-| E|-----|-------2-|-0-2-----------|------------------| C|-----|---------|---------------|------------------| G|-0---|-----0---|-----0---------|------------------|
A|-3-2-0---0---0-|-2-3-0-2---0-----|-------0-2-7-9-|-10-9-7-5-2-10-9-10-| E|---------------|-------------2---|-0-2-----------|--------------------| C|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------| G|-------0---0---|---------0-----0-|-----0---------|--------------------|
A|-7-----|-10-12-|-14-12-14-10-7-9-10-12-|-14-12-14-10-7-10-9-7-| E|---0-0-|-------|-----------------------|----------------------| C|-------|-------|-----------------------|----------------------| G|-------|-------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|-5-4-5-7-9-7-9-10-|-12-9-5-9-12-10-9-|-7-5-7-9-10-9-10-12-|-14-10-12-9-10-9-7-9-| E|------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------| C|------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------| G|------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A|-10-9-7-5-2-10-9-10-|-7-----| E|--------------------|---0-0-| C|--------------------|-------| G|--------------------|-------|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More hornpipes 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.