reel · Key of G
Coming over the hills
O’Neill 1907 no. 682
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
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.