MANDOLIN - "cat hopper" Tablature

From: elessar@PHYSICS.UNC.EDU (Shawn Mehan)
Subject: MTAB: The Cat in the Hopper


Hey all. Here is a nifty little tune, very haunting. Play it
both fast and slow. It is very typical of New England dance
music. There are spots, measures 7 & 13 in particular, where
you can wither play across the courses or up the neck easily.
For those who do not know, to play this correctly, play all
back beats as a downstroke (or bow down, wherever you may be !-)
That means for two triplets in a row you would:

count: 1 & a 2 & a

play : d u d d u d

It is that down up down down up down that gives a jig that feel,
ya know. Any way, here it is. Enjoy.



The Cat In The Hopper

New England Key:F (or Gm/modal) Time:6/8

Gm F Gm Dm
E---||-------------|-------------|-------3---0-|-1---------0-|
A---||-----0-1---3-|-0---------0-|-------------|---5-5-5-----|
D---||-0-5---------|---3-3-3-5---|-5---5-------|-------------|
G---||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . .

F Gm Dm Gm
E---|-1-5-3-1-0---|-------------|---0---------|------------- ||
A---|-----------5-|-5-3-0-1---3-|-5---5-5---3-|-5-1---------.||
D---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----5-5-----.||
G---|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------- ||
^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . .

Gm F Gm Dm
E---|-3-5-3-3-5-6-|-5-3-5-1---1-|-3-5-3-3-1-0-|-1---------0-|
A---|-------------|---------5---|-------------|---5-5-5-----|
D---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . .

F Gm Dm Gm
E---|-1-5-3-1-0---|-------------|-------------|------------- ||
A---|-----------5-|-5-3-0-1---3-|-5-7-5-5---3-|-5-1---------.||
D---|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----5-5-----.||
G---|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------- ||
^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . . ^ . . : . .