jig · Key of D

The Cat in the Corner

O’Neill 1903 no. 871

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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 Cat in the Corner"The Cat in the Corner054004050404025262625262540040504040525245040053255255255250440330402325205454204024520254000Book: O'Neill's 871

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ABC notation source
X:871
T:The Cat in the Corner
B:O'Neill's 871
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A/G/|F2D DFA|dAF AFD|EGE CEC|EGE CEG|
F2D DFA|dAF AFD|GBG EFG|AFD D2:|
a/g/|f2d dfa|afd dfa|e2c ceg|gec efg|
faf edc|dcB AFA|(B/c/d)B ABG|FDD D2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Cat in the Corner

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

  • Easy. 97% 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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