I transposed the sheet music for an old tune called Jenny Lind Polka so that I could easily jam on this song with players of various different instruments. <\/p>\n
This song was popularized in 1846 by a dance instructor named Allen Dodworth, who is also responsible for inventing a way to waltz in 5\/4. Here’s that 1852 original in the Library of Congress<\/a>. I recorded a composition for dancing his waltz, a pice called “Dodworth’s Five Step”, on three occasions, including once in my Ghost Solos EP<\/a>. I learned Jenny Lind Polka from a relatively modern transcription in “The Fiddler’s Fake Book<\/a>.”<\/p>\n In case my transpositions are useful to others, here is my sheet music:<\/p>\n
| Key<\/th>\n | instruments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| G<\/td>\n | Concert pitch: fiddle, mandolin, guitar, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| D<\/td>\n | F: french horn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| A<\/td>\n | Bb: trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| E<\/td>\n | Eb: baritone sax, alto sax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| tab<\/td>\n | tablature for guitar players who don’t read notation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n For people who work with digital instruments, here’s MIDI:<\/p>\n |