jig · Key of D

Spotted Cow, The

Also known as An Bo Breac

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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 "The Spotted Cow"The Spotted CowAn Bo Breacdouble jig"collected by F.O'Neill"0552550552550552550522040552550552552230325225040020400204002025225054050540252500252250200400400400200402522040200400400402230325225Book: O'Neill's 983Source: 983 O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:A tilde has been used to denote a shake

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ABC notation source
X:983
T:Spotted Cow, The
T:An Bo Breac
R:double jig
C:"collected by F.O'Neill"
S:983 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:A tilde has been used to denote a shake
B:O'Neill's 983
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
Add fdd|edd fdd|Add fdd|edB ~BAF|
|Add fdd|edd fdd|f/-g/-af geg|fdB B2 d:|
AFA A2 B|AFA A2 B|AFA Dfe|fdB B2 d|
|AGF A2 d|AGF A2 B|dfd e/-f/-ge|fdB B2 d:|
ABA AFA|DFA DFA|ABA AFA|fdB BAF|
|ABA AFA|DFA DFA|f/-g/-a.f geg|fdB B2 d:|
FAQ

Questions about Spotted Cow, The

  • Spotted Cow, The 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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