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About Tripping Up The Stairs

Tripping Up The Stairs is a two-part Irish jig in D major — beginner-friendly, running from F♯ to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 6/8
Range
F♯ to g · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Tripping Up The Stairs — sheet music

D major · 6/8

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

F♯ A A G B B | F♯ A d f♯ e d | C♯ B C♯ A B C♯ | d f♯ e d A G F♯ A A G B B | F♯ A d f♯ e d | C♯ C♯ A B C♯ | d f♯ e d A d B B f♯ B B | d B B f♯ e d | C♯ A A e A A | e f♯ e e d C♯ d B B f♯ B B | f♯ g f♯ f♯ e d | C♯ B C♯ A B C♯ | d f♯ e d

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Tripping Up The Stairs — tab

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

Tripping Up The Stairs — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Tripping Up The Stairs — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Tripping Up The Stairs — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Tripping Up The Stairs — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Tripping Up The Stairs — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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