jig · Key of D

The cat and the bacon

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The cat and the bacon"The cat and the baconDouble jiganon. (Ireland)505505502054005505502054050550550205450405254000235753532050400420454054050550550205450553040555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 308

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X:308
T:The cat and the bacon
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 308
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
G|Add Add|(e/f/ed) c2A|Add Add|(e/f/ed) cAG|Add Add|(e/f/ed) c2d|ecA (G2E)|({G}F)DD D2:|
|:(f/g/)|aba gag|fed ecA|(Ac/B/A) c2d|cAd cAG|Add Add|(e/f/ed) c2d|eaa gec|edd d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The cat and the bacon

  • The cat and the bacon is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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