| Title | The Tenpenny Bit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | Billy's Awake Coffee and Tea The Three Little Drummers | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | A minor | |||
| Range | G4–B5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 108 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:55 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (49 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (444 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2018-11-17 | |||
| Last updated | 2018-11-17 | |||
| Download popularity index |   0.6 (below average) | |||
| Categories |
Celtic Music, Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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The oldest appearance of this jig in print is in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903.
From the 16th to the 19th century, “bit” was a common term for a small piece of money, especially the lowest denomination of silver coin.
