jig · Key of D

The cat in the corner

O’Neill 1907 no. 129

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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 cornerDouble jiganon. (Ireland)054004050404225262625262540040504042252245040053255255255250440330402325205454204024520254000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 129

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X:129
T:The cat in the corner
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 129
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A/G/|F2D DFA|dAF AFE|EGE CEC|EGE CEG|F2D DFA|dAF AFE|BGB 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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