jig · Key of Gm

Down the hill

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Down the hill"Down the hillanon. (Ireland)530555010501505350353050135031530505551053501303561530555135333565356351531113531351315533356535635313513153005523352525252523101353030350131010501531013053235631530555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 995

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X:995
T:Down the hill
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 995
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
(G/F/)|(DG)G (G2A)|(B/A/G/A/B/G/) (A/G/F/G/A/F/)|(G/F/D/C/D/E/) (F2G)|(A{c}BG) FDC|(DG)G (G2B)|(A/G/F/G/A/B/) cAc|(d/e/fd) (cAd)|G3 G2:|
|:(B/c/)|(dg)g (g2a)|(b/a/g/a/b/g/) afd|(cf)f (f2g)|(a/g/f/g/a/f/) gfd|(dg)g (g2a)|(b/a/g/a/b/g/) (a/g/f/g/a/f/)|(gfd) (cAD)|G3G2:|
|:(=B/c/)|gd=B G>(Bd/B/)|G>(=BdB) c_BA|fcG (F>Ac/A/)|(F/G/AB) (cBA)|(B/A/G/A/B/G/) (c/B/A/B/c/A/)|(dg^f) (gab)|(gfd) (cAd)|G3G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Down the hill

  • Down the hill is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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