jig · Key of D

Rocking the Cradle

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Rocking the Cradle"Rocking the Cradle= 80024445505440200244450520000235324500205400353204024555025020020540024542042052000Book: O'Neill's 547Notes:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:547
T:Rocking the Cradle
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:80
B:O'Neill's 547
N:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
(D/2E/2) \
| (.F.F)F (.G.G)(A/2G/2) | .F(FD) (ED)(D/2E/2) | (.F.F).F (GA).G | (ED).D D2 :|
|| (A/2B/2) \
| (=c>dc) (B>^cd) | .A(A/2B/2A/2G/2) (FD).D | (=c>dc) (BA).F | A>B^c d2d |
| (d>ef) (d>ef) | .A(A/2B/2A/2G/2) (FD)(D/2E/2) | (F/2G/2F/2E/2D/2F/2) (EA).G | (ED).D D2 |]
FAQ

Questions about Rocking the Cradle

  • Rocking the Cradle is in D, in 6/8 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 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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