Key of A
Johnny Cope
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1812
T:Johnny Cope
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1812
N:"Irish Version" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:A
G | E2A2 ABcd | e2A2 B2AG | E2G2 GABc | d2G2 B2AG |
E2A2 AGAB | cBcd e2dc | B2=g2 edcB | c2A2 A3 :|
|: d | e2a2 e2a2 | e2a2 gfed | B2=g2 B2g2 | B2g2 gfed |
e2a2 a2f2 | =g2f2 e2dc | B2=g2 edcB | c2A2 A3 :|FAQ
Questions about Johnny Cope
Johnny Cope is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.
Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.