Cluck Old Hen

Hi everyone,Adam will be leading the beginner jam this coming Tuesday (Feb. 25th).
The song of the week is 'Cluck Old Hen' in the key of A. 


Recordings
Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans - key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE2zPlDtKyg

Ralph Stanley - key of A 
(1) Cluck Old Hen - YouTube

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A
Cluck Old Hen - Jason Homey and the Snake River Boys - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason Homey - key of A
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
A-Part:
1  1/4  1  5/1 

B-Part:
1  1/b7 1  5/1
In the key of A: 1 = A; 4 = D; 5 = E; b7 (flat seven) = G. 
In the key of G: 1 = G; 4 = C; 5 = D; b7 (flat seven) = F.


Key
Although the melody of Cluck Old Hen consists only of the notes of the Am pentatonic scale, it is called at jams in A (Major) rather than A Minor because the '1' chord that is used in the chord progression for the song is an A Major Chord rather than an Am Chord ('1m'). To call Cluck Old Hen in A Minor instead of in A (Major) at a jam would imply that 1m Chords are to be played in place of 1 Chords.

In the attached standard notation melody sheet for Cluck Old Hen, I have used the key signature for Am (no sharps or flats, same as the key signature for C Major, the Relative Major of Am) instead of the key signature for A Major (3 sharps) to avoid the need to write natural signs in nearly every measure. I hope that my doing this makes the sheet music easier to read than if I had used the key signature for A Major.  


Song List
14 songs were played at last night's jam: 9 from the main list, 4 from the additional songs list, and 1 that is on neither list:

Cluck Old Hen - A
Columbus Stockade Blues - G
Forked Deer - D
Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - G
Gold Watch And Chain - A
Nine Pound Hammer - G
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - G
Shortnin' Bread - A
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong - G
Angeline The Baker - D
Beautiful Brown Eyes - C
Soldier's Joy - D
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - A
O Susanna - G

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Files:
Cluck Old Hen - banjo tab
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Cluck Old Hen - guitar tab
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Cluck Old Hen - mandolin tab
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Cluck Old Hen - melody in A
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