slip jig · Key of G

Hills of Ireland. The

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Hills of Ireland. The"Hills of Ireland. Theslipjig2225204025232025222252252024532040200260220045040002602024532040Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1162

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X:1162
T:Hills of Ireland. The
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1162
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:G
B2 E EGE AFD|BGB cBA BGE|B2 E EGE BGE|AB^c d=cB AFD:|
|:E2 e ef^d e2 B|E2 e e2 ^c dAF|D2 e ef^d e2 B|AB^c d=cB AFD:|
FAQ

Questions about Hills of Ireland. The

  • Hills of Ireland. The is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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