reel · Key of G

Coming over the hills

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Coming over the hills"Coming over the hillsReelanon. (Ireland)333253053005054502302530554045424023005545540505450230Tenor Banjo3250455405450232050545540505450230250255405450240Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 682
ABC notation source
X:682
T:Coming over the hills
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 682
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
BdcA d2cA|D>G ({A}(3(G)FG) ABcA|BdcA G2GF|D>F ({G}(3(F)EF) ABcA:|\
K:D
Addc d2(dc)|A>d ({e}(3(d)cd) (ef)ge|
fdec d2(dc)|AGFG AB=cB|Ad({e}d)c d2(dc)|A>d ({e}(3(d)cd) (ef)ge|faef d2(dc)|AGFG AB= cA|]
FAQ

Questions about Coming over the hills

  • Coming over the hills is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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