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About The Wearing Of The Green

The Wearing Of The Green is a two-part Irish march in D major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
March, two parts
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
D to d · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

The Wearing Of The Green — sheet music

D 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

D E | F♯ F♯ F♯ E F♯ A A F♯ | F♯ E E F♯ E A | B G d C♯ B A F♯ D E D D E D D E | F♯ F♯ F♯ E F♯ A A F♯ | F♯ E E F♯ E A | B G d C♯ B A F♯ D E D D E D d C♯ | B A A F♯ A F♯ D E | F♯ F♯ F♯ E F♯ d C♯ | B A A F♯ A F♯ D E F♯ E E F♯ E D E | F♯ F♯ F♯ E F♯ A A F♯ | F♯ E E F♯ E A | B G d C♯ B A F♯ D E D D E D

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The Wearing Of The Green — tab

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

The Wearing Of The Green — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Wearing Of The Green — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Wearing Of The Green — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Wearing Of The Green — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Wearing Of The Green — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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