Japanese version: The Tenpenny Bit（Aドリアン・Jig）｜バンジョーTABとD管ホイッスル運指
“The Tenpenny Bit,” an Irish session jig, has been converted with ABC2Tab for D tin whistle and GDAE tenor banjo. The score shows standard notation, note-by-note whistle fingering, and banjo string and fret positions.
Session arrangement and YouTube performance
Fuller session arrangement
A local ABC2Tab arrangement that preserves the written melody and repeats while adding whistle, GDAE tenor banjo, fiddle, accordion, guitar, bass, drone, and a bodhrán-style pulse. It is not presented as generative-AI audio.
A popular performance on YouTube
A high-view performance selected after checking the tune-title match, public status, and embeddability. 563,920 views when checked on 2026-07-29.
Irish Fiddle Jigs – Lannigans, Indian Point, Tenpenny Bit
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Listen to the score
A practice rendition of the written melody and repeats, voiced with D whistle and GDAE tenor banjo.
Basic information
- Tune type: Jig
- Time signature: 6/8
- Key: A Dorian
- Tenor banjo tuning: GDAE
- Whistle: D tin whistle (zero unsupported notes)
Both the whistle-fingering score and banjo TAB use consistent four-measure systems.
D tin whistle: standard notation and fingering
Six circles appear below every note. A filled circle means covered, an open circle means uncovered, and the top circle is nearest the mouthpiece.
Tenor banjo: standard notation and GDAE TAB
Note names appear above the staff and TAB below it. The strings are tuned G-D-A-E from lowest to highest; numbers are frets and 0 is an open string.
How to practise
- Feel 6/8 as two broad beats, with three notes inside each beat.
- Repeat each four-measure system, checking whistle fingering and banjo position separately.
- Play with the practice audio, then use the fuller arrangement to hear the complete tune flow.
Source and conversion method
The melody was checked against public setting #109 on The Session.
Source: The Tenpenny Bit on The Session
The public ABC notation was entered into ABC2Tab and converted to D-whistle fingering and GDAE tenor-banjo TAB. This article does not reproduce The Session’s page text.
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