Key of Am

The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow"The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow023032520502303252002Tenor Banjo30323205053202460Tenor Banjo5350230325535025304575Tenor Banjo3105232050532052460Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 103Notes:"Slow" "2nd Setting."
ABC notation source
X:103
T:The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow
N:"Slow" "2nd Setting."
B:O'Neill's 103
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Am
(AB) | (c2 e2 c2) | (B2 d2 B2) | (A2 G4- | G4) (AB) |\
(c2 e2 c2) | (B2 d2 B2) | A6- | A4 (AB) |
c2 e2 c2 | B2 g2 B2 | A2 G4- | G4 (e>d) |\
(c2 B2 A2) | (E2 ^F2 ^G2) | A6- | A4 ||
G2 | c3 (de^f) | (g2 e2 c2) | (B2 G4- | G4) G2 |\
c3 (de^f) | {a}g2 e2 ^g2 | a6- | a4 (ba) |
g3 (fed) | B2 g2 B2 | A2 G4- | G4 (ed) |\
c3 (BAG) | (E2 ^F2 ^G2) | A6- | A4 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow

  • The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow is in Am, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.