hornpipe · Key of D

Jacks the lad

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jacks the lad"Jacks the ladHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3024500054054502502205405452323575323204542005405203255Tenor Banjo0540504050255545204520540002323575323204542025405203255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 915
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.

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