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About The Sligo Maid

The Sligo Maid is a two-part Irish reel in A dorian (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
A dorian (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 Sligo Maid — sheet music

A dorian (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

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

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The Sligo Maid — tab

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

The Sligo Maid — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Sligo Maid — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Sligo Maid — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Sligo Maid — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Sligo Maid — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-2-0-2-4-5-7-9-|-10-7-5-2-0-------|---2---5---2---|-------0-2-0-5-2-|
E|-----------------|--------------0-2-|---------------|---0-------------|
C|-----------------|------------------|---------------|-2---------------|
G|-----------------|------------0-----|-0---0---0---0-|-----0-----------|
A|-0-2-0-2-4-5-7-9-|-10-7-5-2-0-------|-2---0-----|-------0-2-0-0-|
E|-----------------|--------------0---|---------0-|---0-----------|
C|-----------------|------------------|-----------|-2-------------|
G|-----------------|------------0---0-|---0---0---|-----0---------|
A|-7-12-12-10-12-10-12-|-14-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-7-10-10-9-10-10-7-|-5-7-10-12-14-10-12-10-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
C|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|-7-12-12-10-12-10-12-|-14-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-7-10-10-9-10-7-5-2-0-|-5-2-10-2-2-0-0-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------|
C|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------|

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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