jig · Key of Ador
Drive the cows home
O’Neill 1907 no. 77
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:77 T:Drive the cows home C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 77 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Ador d|efe edB|dBA A2B|GAG GBd|BAG G2g|fed efg|aga e2f|gfg dBd|ecA A2 ::e| aga efg| aga e2f|gfg def|gfg d2e|[1 aga efg|aga e2f|gfg dBd|ecA A2:|[2 agf gfe|fed edB|gfg dBd|ecA A2|]
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Questions about Drive the cows home
Drive the cows home is in Ador, in 6/8 time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.