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About The Sally Gardens

The Sally Gardens is a two-part Irish reel in 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
G major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Sally Gardens — sheet music

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

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The Sally Gardens — tab

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

The Sally Gardens — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Sally Gardens — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Sally Gardens — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Sally Gardens — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Sally Gardens — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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