hornpipe · Key of D
Jacks the lad
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:915 T:Jacks the lad C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 915 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:D (3ABc|d2D2D2(AG)|FAdc defd|e2E2E2(ed)|cea^ga2f2|gfga bagf|gfec dcBA|Adce dfeg|f2d2d2:| |:(AG)|FAdA FAdA|B2G2G2(GF)|GBec GBed|c2A2A2(ef)|gfga bagf|gfec dcBA|Bdce dfeg|f2d2d2:|
FAQ
Questions about Jacks the lad
Jacks the lad is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a hornpipe, written in C|.
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.