About That's A Plenty
That's A Plenty is a trad jazz tune in D minor (it uses the notes of F major) — intermediate, running from C to f and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Jazz tune, each usually played twice
- Key
- D minor (the notes of F major) · 4/4
- Range
- C to f · first position
- Notes used
- C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E F G G♯ A B♭ C♭ B
- Level
- Intermediate
That's A Plenty — sheet music
D minor (the notes of F major) · 4/4
The notes
Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line
d C♯ d C♯ | d C♯ d d C♯ C C♭ | B♭ A B♭ A | B♭ A B♭ B♭ A G F E B♭ A A | E B♭ A A | D C♯ D E F E D D♯ | E D♯ E A A A G♯ A B♭ A G F E | D | B♭ G B♭ G | B♭ G B♭ B♭ C A F A F | A F A A A | B♭ G B♭ G | B♭ G B♭ B♭ C d e f A B♭ B C F G G♯ | A F D D♭ C D | B♭ G B♭ G | B♭ G B♭ B♭ C A F A F | A F A A A | f d | C d C B C d C B♭ A G | F
That's A Plenty — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
That's A Plenty — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|---------|---------------|---------|---------------| A|-5-4-5-4-|-5-4-5-5-4-3-2-|-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-1-0-----| D|---------|---------------|---------|-----------5-3-| G|---------|---------------|---------|---------------|
E|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------| A|---1-0-0-|---1-0-0-|-----------------|-------0-0-| D|-2-------|-2-------|-0---0-2-3-2-0-1-|-2-1-2-----| G|---------|---------|---6-------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|---|---------|-----------| A|-0---0-1-0-------|---|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| D|---6-------5-3-2-|-0-|---5---5-|---5-------| G|-----------------|---|---------|-----------|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-------------0-| A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-5---| D|---3---3-|---3-------|---5---5-|---5-----------| G|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|
E|-1---------------|-------------|---------|-----------| A|---0-1-2-3-------|-0-----------|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| D|-----------3-5-6-|---3-0-----0-|---5---5-|---5-------| G|-----------------|-------6-5---|---------|-----------|
E|---------|-----------|-1---|-----| A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|---5-|-3-5-| D|---3---3-|---3-------|-----|-----| G|---------|-----------|-----|-----|
E|-----------------|---| A|-3-2-3-5-3-1-0---|---| D|---------------5-|-3-| G|-----------------|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
That's A Plenty — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|---------|---------------|---------|---------------| A|-5-4-5-4-|-5-4-5-5-4-3-2-|-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-1-0-----| D|---------|---------------|---------|-----------5-3-| G|---------|---------------|---------|---------------|
E|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------| A|---1-0-0-|---1-0-0-|-----------------|-------0-0-| D|-2-------|-2-------|-0---0-2-3-2-0-1-|-2-1-2-----| G|---------|---------|---6-------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|---|---------|-----------| A|-0---0-1-0-------|---|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| D|---6-------5-3-2-|-0-|---5---5-|---5-------| G|-----------------|---|---------|-----------|
E|---------|-----------|---------|-------------0-| A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-5---| D|---3---3-|---3-------|---5---5-|---5-----------| G|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|
E|-1---------------|-------------|---------|-----------| A|---0-1-2-3-------|-0-----------|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| D|-----------3-5-6-|---3-0-----0-|---5---5-|---5-------| G|-----------------|-------6-5---|---------|-----------|
E|---------|-----------|-1---|-----| A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|---5-|-3-5-| D|---3---3-|---3-------|-----|-----| G|---------|-----------|-----|-----|
E|-----------------|---| A|-3-2-3-5-3-1-0---|---| D|---------------5-|-3-| G|-----------------|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
That's A Plenty — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|---------|----------------|-----------|-------------------| A|-3-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-3-2-L2-1-|-L1-0-L1-0-|-L1-0-L1-L1-0------| D|---------|----------------|-----------|--------------3-L2-| G|---------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|
E|----------|----------|--------------------|------------| A|---L1-0-0-|---L1-0-0-|--------------------|--------0-0-| D|-1--------|-1--------|-0----0-1-L2-1-0-L1-|-1-L1-1-----| G|----------|----------|---H3---------------|------------|
E|--------------------|---|-----------|---------------| A|-0----0-L1-0--------|---|-L1---L1---|-L1---L1-L1-L2-| D|---H3--------3-L2-1-|-0-|----3----3-|----3----------| G|--------------------|---|-----------|---------------|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------------0-| A|-0----0----|-0----0-0-0-|-L1---L1---|-L1---L1-L1-L2-3---| D|---L2---L2-|---L2-------|----3----3-|----3--------------| G|-----------|------------|-----------|-------------------|
E|-L1-------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------| A|----0-L1-1-L2---------|-0-------------|-L1---L1---|-L1---L1-L1-L2-| D|--------------L2-3-H3-|---L2-0------0-|----3----3-|----3----------| G|----------------------|--------H3-3---|-----------|---------------|
E|-----------|------------|-L1---|------| A|-0----0----|-0----0-0-0-|----3-|-L2-3-| D|---L2---L2-|---L2-------|------|------| G|-----------|------------|------|------|
E|---------------------|----| A|-L2-1-L2-3-L2-L1-0---|----| D|-------------------3-|-L2-| G|---------------------|----|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
That's A Plenty — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|---------|---------------|---------|---------------| B|-3-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-3-2-1-0-|---------|---------------| G|---------|---------------|-3-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-3-2-0---| D|---------|---------------|---------|-------------3-| A|---------|---------------|---------|---------------| E|---------|---------------|---------|---------------|
e|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------| B|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------| G|---3-2-2-|---3-2-2-|-----------------|-------2-2-| D|-2-------|-2-------|-0---0-2-3-2-0-1-|-2-1-2-----| A|---------|---------|---4-------------|-----------| E|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------|
e|-----------------|---|---------|-----------| B|-----------------|---|---------|---------1-| G|-2-1-2-3-2-0-----|---|-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-3---| D|-------------3-2-|-0-|---------|-----------| A|-----------------|---|---------|-----------| E|-----------------|---|---------|-----------|
e|---------|-----------|---------|-------------0-| B|---------|-----------|---------|---------1-3---| G|-2---2---|-2---2-2-2-|-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-3-------| D|---3---3-|---3-------|---------|---------------| A|---------|-----------|---------|---------------| E|---------|-----------|---------|---------------|
e|-1---------------|-------------|---------|-----------| B|-------0-1-------|-------------|---------|---------1-| G|---2-3-------0-1-|-2-----------|-3-0-3-0-|-3-0-3-3---| D|-----------3-----|---3-0-----0-|---------|-----------| A|-----------------|-------4-3---|---------|-----------| E|-----------------|-------------|---------|-----------|
e|---------|-----------|-1---|-----| B|---------|-----------|---3-|-1-3-| G|-2---2---|-2---2-2-2-|-----|-----| D|---3---3-|---3-------|-----|-----| A|---------|-----------|-----|-----| E|---------|-----------|-----|-----|
e|-----------------|---| B|-1-0-1-3-1-------|---| G|-----------3-2-0-|---| D|-----------------|-3-| A|-----------------|---| E|-----------------|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
That's A Plenty — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-5-4-5-4-|-5-4-5-5-4-3-2-|-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-1-0-----| E|---------|---------------|---------|-------------1-| C|---------|---------------|---------|---------------| G|---------|---------------|---------|-----------0---|
A|---1-0-0-|---1-0-0-|-----------------|-------0-0-| E|-0-------|-0-------|-------0-1-0-----|-0---0-----| C|---------|---------|-2-1-2-------2-3-|---3-------| G|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------|
A|-0---0-1-0-------|---|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| E|-------------1-0-|---|---------|-----------| C|-----------------|-2-|---------|-----------| G|---1-------0-----|---|---0---0-|---0-------|
A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-5-7-| E|---1---1-|---1-------|---------|---------------| C|---------|-----------|---------|---------------| G|---------|-----------|---0---0-|---0-----------|
A|-8-0-1-2-3-------|-0-----------|-1---1---|-1---1-1-3-| E|-----------1-----|---1---------|---------|-----------| C|-----------------|-----2-1-0-2-|---------|-----------| G|-------------0-1-|-------------|---0---0-|---0-------|
A|-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-|-8-5-|-3-5-| E|---1---1-|---1-------|-----|-----| C|---------|-----------|-----|-----| G|---------|-----------|-----|-----|
A|-3-2-3-5-3-1-0---|---| E|-----------------|-1-| C|-----------------|---| G|---------------0-|---|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
That's A Plenty chords
D minor (the notes of F major) · 11 chords: Dm, A7, C7, F, F♯dim, F7, B♭, Bdim, F/C, D7, Gm7
One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like F/C means play F with C as the lowest note.
Guitar chords for That's A Plenty
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for That's A Plenty
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for That's A Plenty
Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
More jazz tunes and tunes like it
This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.