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About The Star Of Munster

The Star Of Munster 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 Star Of Munster — 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

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

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The Star Of Munster — tab

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

The Star Of Munster — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Star Of Munster — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Star Of Munster — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Star Of Munster — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Star Of Munster — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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