The Lark in the Morning

Also called Lark in the Morning

Type: Jig (6/8)
Key: E minor
Tuning: GDAE (standard)
Difficulty
Genre: Irish

This is a new transcription that hasn’t been checked against the printed source yet. If a note looks wrong, let me know.

O'Neill's opening double stops and grace notes are left out here.

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Speed 75% (81 BPM)Loop

Tune to GDAE Metronome at 81 Download ABC

Sheet music and playback need JavaScript. Here is the tab as text:Part A | G2 | D1 AL2 1 D3 1 | 0 A3 0 D2 0 | 1 AL2 1 0 D2 | | D3 2 1 E0 0 1 | L2 1 0 A3 L2 1 | 0 1 0 D3 2 1 0 | 1 2 3 A0 1 L2 | | A1 D3 2 1 | Part B | A1 | E0 A1 E0 L2 4 1 | A3 0 3 E1 3 1 | 0 A1 E0 L2 4 0 | | E1 3 1 L2 4 0 | 1 3 1 L2 1 0 | A3 L2 3 0 D2 0 | 1 2 3 A0 1 L2 | | A1 D3 2 1 |

Reading the tab

Each note shows its string and finger: A0 is the open A string, 2 is your second finger. The letter only appears when you change string. L means low (finger back, a half step down) and H means high. A plain 2 is the usual high 2 in keys like D and A.

Notes under each finger in GDAE tuning
String	0	L1	1	L2	2	3	H3	4
E	E	F	F♯	G	G♯	A	A♯	B
A	A	B♭	B	C	C♯	D	D♯	E
D	D	E♭	E	F	F♯	G	G♯	A
G	G	A♭	A	B♭	B	C	C♯	D

About the tune

This is O’Neill’s 1907 two-part jig, which is a different tune from the four-part “Lark in the Morning” most sessions play today. It covers the whole first position, from B on the G string up to B with the 4th finger on the E string.