reel · Key of D

Jennie Rock the Cradle

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jennie Rock the Cradle"Jennie Rock the CradleReel3330245040004050450024504000405424502435040004050400024524025045424505040425040402004040425045424542304042504040200245240250454245333054200020004200000542000200054245053334200020004200000245240250454245Book: O'Neill's 1269Notes:Collected by F. O'Neill

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X:1269
T:Jennie Rock the Cradle
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1269
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
K:D
(3ABc|dAFA DAFA|dAFGA2(3ABc|dAFA DAFA|GFEFG2(3ABc|
dAFA DAFA|dAFAA2(3ABc|dBcA BGAF|GFEFG2||
(AG)|DFAc BGAF|DFABA2(AF)|DFAc BGAF|GFEFG2(FE)|
DFAc BGAF|DFABA2(3ABc|dBcA BGAF|GFEFG2||
(AG)|(3FED (AD) BDAD|(3FED (AD)A2AG|(3FED (AD) BDAD|GFEFG2(AG)|
(3FED (AD) BDAD|(3FED (AD)A2(3ABc|dBcA BGAF|GFEFG2||
FAQ

Questions about Jennie Rock the Cradle

  • Jennie Rock the Cradle is in D, in C| time. The D major 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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.

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