reel · Key of D

The jolly tinker

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The jolly tinker"The jolly tinkerReelanon. (Ireland)12304545205230520204545252525052525252450502302333352320505023530357353050533052505530235305530230525252453330535052450535024505350230525252500000052505023025D.C.30000002305252525057530525050230250237523052525052D.C.Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 751

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X:751
T:The jolly tinker
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 751
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A3F GFGB|A2af gedB|ABAF GFGB|[1dBGB dedB:|[2dBGB d2(3(Bcd)|:edef g2(ef)|
g2(af) gfed|ed (3(efg) ageg|a2(bg) aged::eagg edBd|eaag (3(efg) dg|eaag efge|dBGB d2(3(Bcd):|
|:edgd ed (3(Bcd)|edgd e2 (3(Bcd)|edgd efge|dBGB d2(Bd):|eA (3AAA edBd|edef gefd|
eA (3AAA efge|dBGB d2(Bd)|ea({b}a)g edBd|edef gefd|efgb afge|dBGB dedB "_D.C." |]
FAQ

Questions about The jolly tinker

  • The jolly tinker is in D, in C| 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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