reel · Key of D
Jenny picking cockles
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:602 T:Jenny picking cockles C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 602 R:Reel m:Tn = (3n/o/n/ m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n M:C L:1/8 K:D Addc AGEF|GEcE dEcE|Addc AGEF|GEcE EDFG|Addc AGEF|GE-~E2 c2(cd)|edcA AGEF|GEcE TEDD2|| f2fd e2ed|cAAB cdeg|f2fd e2ed|eage (ed)d2|f2fd e2ed|cAAB c3d|edcA AGEF|GEcE (TED)D2|]
FAQ
Questions about Jenny picking cockles
Jenny picking cockles 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.