jig · Key of D

The Kerry Cobbler

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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 Kerry Cobbler"The Kerry CobblerJig0505235352040505235400005052353520405253040555502054050554052054050502235323205205402054050555Book: O'Neill's 732Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:732
T:The Kerry Cobbler
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 732
R:Jig
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
      A   | d>ed fga | g>af ecA | d>ed fga | c>AA A2   A    |
            d>ed fga | g>af ecA | dfa  gec | A>dd    d2    :|
|: (d/e/) | f>ed cAG | A>dd cAG | f>ed cAG | Ade  f2 (f/g/) |
            agf  gfe | dfe  dcA | fed  cAG | A>dd    d2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Kerry Cobbler

  • The Kerry Cobbler is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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