Molly Malone

I've not been posting a great deal recently, which is more a consequence of doing too many other things to fit in a bit of banjo blogging, what with the Charmers etc etc. I am practicing the tenor and aside form doing my D and G scale exercises, to get that little finger going, I've started a few simple tunes.
Starting with The Wild Rover I've also been working on Molly Malone.

Tenor v 5 String Banjo

I'm getting to grips with the finger board on my new tenor banjo and following some of the exercises in Gerry O'Connor's book Irish Tenor Banjo. One of the first tunes he looks at is The Wild Rover and I've been working on getting my little pinky finger into action as I don't use it that often playing the 5 string.
Here's the tune on the tenor and on the 5 string as a comparison.

Tenor


5 string