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About The Teetotaller's

The Teetotaller's is a two-part Irish reel in G major — intermediate, running from D to a 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 a · first position
Notes used
C C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Teetotaller's — 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 F♯ G A B C | d B e B d B A C | B E E D E F♯ G A | B G A F♯ G F♯ E D G G F♯ G A B C | d B e B d B A C | B E E D E F♯ G A | B G A F♯ G B e e d e e f♯ | g f♯ a f♯ g f♯ e d | B C♯ d e d e f♯ | g f♯ a f♯ g f♯ e d B e e d e e f♯ | g f♯ a f♯ g f♯ e d | B E E D E F♯ G A | B G A F♯ G

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The Teetotaller's — tab

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

The Teetotaller's — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Teetotaller's — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Teetotaller's — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Teetotaller's — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Teetotaller's — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---------0-2-3-|-5-2-7-2-5-2-0-3-|-2-------------0-|-2---0-----------|
E|-----2---------|-----------------|---0-0---0-2-----|-------2---2-0---|
C|---------------|-----------------|-------2---------|---------------2-|
G|-0-0---0-------|-----------------|-------------0---|---0-----0-------|
A|---------0-2-3-|-5-2-7-2-5-2-0-3-|-2-------------0-|-2---0-----|
E|-----2---------|-----------------|---0-0---0-2-----|-------2---|
C|---------------|-----------------|-------2---------|-----------|
G|-0-0---0-------|-----------------|-------------0---|---0-----0-|
A|-2-7-7-5-7-7-9-|-10-9-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-4-5-7-5-7-9-|-10-9-12-9-10-9-7-5-|
E|---------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
C|---------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
G|---------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
A|-2-7-7-5-7-7-9-|-10-9-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-------------0-|-2---0-----|
E|---------------|--------------------|---0-0---0-2-----|-------2---|
C|---------------|--------------------|-------2---------|-----------|
G|---------------|--------------------|-------------0---|---0-----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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