jig · Key of G

The cook in the kitchen

O’Neill 1907 no. 252

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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 cook in the kitchen"The cook in the kitchenDouble jiganon. (Ireland)0505505402405055450553055055054024530545020555023220502005450554505530523220502005305450205552502353253054500553055023532530545020555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 252

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X:252
T:The cook in the kitchen
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 252
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|G>DG GAG|FDE F2A|G>DG GFG|Add cAG|G>DG GAG|FDE F2d|cAG FGA|{B}AGG G2:|
|:A|B>cB BAG|ABA AGF|GAG GFG|Add cAG|B>cB BAG|ABA A2d|cAG FGA|{B}AGG G2:|
|:B|d2e f2g|Ta2g f2d|cAG FGA|Add cAG|d2e f2g|Ta2g f2d|cAG FGA|{B}AGG G2:|
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Questions about The cook in the kitchen

  • The cook in the kitchen is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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