The Road To Lisdoonvarna — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About The Road To Lisdoonvarna

The Road To Lisdoonvarna is an one-part Irish slide in E dorian (it uses the notes of D major) — intermediate, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Slide, one parts, each usually played twice
Key: E dorian (the notes of D major) · 12/8
Range: D to g · first position
Notes used: C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level: Intermediate

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — sheet music

E dorian (the notes of D major) · 12/8

The notes

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

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The Road To Lisdoonvarna — tab

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

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

The Road To Lisdoonvarna — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---2-2-0-2-4-5-0-|---0-0-2-0-----------|---2-2-0-2-4-5-|-4-5-4-2-0-2-----|
E|-0---------------|-2-----------0-2-0---|-0-------------|-------------0-0-|
C|-----------------|-----------2-------2-|---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|---------------|-----------------|

A|-7-9-10-9-7-5-2-2-4-5-|-4-0-0-2-4-5-2-2-|-7-9-10-9-7-5-2-2-4-5-|-4-5-4-2-0-2-----|
E|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------0-0-|
C|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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