hornpipe · Key of D

Jack's The Lad

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jack's The Lad"Jack's The LadHornpipe3024500054054502502205405452Tenor Banjo323575323204542025405203255Tenor Banjo0540504050255545202520540002Tenor Banjo323575323204542025405203255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1737
ABC notation source
X:1737
T:Jack's The Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1737
R:Hornpipe
K:D
   ((3ABc) | d2 D2 D2 (AG) | FAdc   defd   | e2 E2 E2 (ed) | cea^g a2  f2  |
             gfga   bagf   | gfec   dcBA   | Bdce   dfeg   | f2 d2 d2     :|
|:  (AG)   | FAdA   FAdA   | B2 G2 G2 (GF) | GBeB   GBed   | c2 A2 A2 (ef) |
             gfga   bagf   | gfec   dcBA   | Bdce   dfeg   | f2 d2 d2     :|
FAQ

Questions about Jack's The Lad

  • Jack's 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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