jig · Key of D

The spotted cow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The spotted cow"The spotted cowDouble jiganon. (Ireland)0552550552550552550522040552550552552352303252250400204002040020252250540505402525023025225020040040040020040252204020040040040235230335225Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 199

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X:199
T:The spotted cow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 199
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
Add fdd|edd fdd|Add fdd|edB BAF|Add fdd|edd fdd|(f/g/a)f geg|fdB B2d:|
|:AFA A2B|AFA A2B|AFA Dfe|fdB B2d|AGF A2d|AGF A2B|dfd (e/f/g)e|fdB B2d:|
|:ABA AFA|DFA DFA|ABA AFA|fdB BAF|ABA AFA|DFA DFA|(f/g/a).f geg|gdB B2d:|
FAQ

Questions about The spotted cow

  • The spotted cow 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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