jig · Key of D

Martin's onehorned cow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Martin's onehorned cow"Martin's onehorned cowDouble jiganon. (Ireland)404025204040402422040402520404045260200524202452040524042422405242024520404045260200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 325

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X:325
T:Martin's onehorned cow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 325
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
F2A- AFA|BGB AFD|F2A- AFD|EFE (TE2D)|F2A- AFA|BGB AFD|FAF GEC|DED D3:|
|:(d2B) cBA|(B/c/d).B AFD|(d2B) cAF|EFE EFA|(d2B) cBA|(B/c/d).B AFD|FAF GEC|DED D3:|
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Questions about Martin's onehorned cow

  • Martin's onehorned cow is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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