Key of C

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 Banjo30323205053202020Tenor Banjo0235002450023501050587575Tenor Banjo30523205053202020Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 102Notes:"Slow" "1st Setting."
ABC notation source
X:102
T:The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow
N:"Slow" "1st Setting."
B:O'Neill's 102
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:C
(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 A2 B2) | A6- | A4 ||
(AB) | (c2 d2 e2) | (e2 ^f2 ^g2) | a2 A4- | A4 (AB) |\
c2 d2 (e{fe}d) | e2 (a2 {c'}b2) | a6- | a2 (b3 a) |
(g2 e2 d2) | .B2 ">"g2 .B2 | .A2 G4- | G4 (ed) |\
(c2 B2 A2) | (E2 A2 B2) | A6- | A4 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow

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

  • Easy. 97% 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.