Johnnie Cope

Traditionnel (Écosse) · Level 3 (Late beginner) · traditional · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A Scottish Jacobite tune mocking General John Cope, defeated at Prestonpans in 1745; played on the pipes to wake the troops. Arranged in E minor: the tune with a thumb bass on every strong beat, in first position.

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Thumb for all the basses, i-m for the tune; prepare each chord shape before the downbeat. Work in four-bar phrases, then play it through at a reduced tempo.

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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après l’air traditionnel écossais · Public Domain