hornpipe · Key of Bb

Mountain Top, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mountain Top"The Mountain Tophornpipe3103135356531531031351013151331Tenor Banjo0313535653153103153103151Tenor Banjo1351015131031351013111653153310136Tenor Banjo51015131031351013111653103501Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1583
ABC notation source
X:1583
T:Mountain Top, The
R:hornpipe
B:O'Neill's 1583
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:Bb
(FE) | DFBc d2(cd) | edcB G2(FE) | DFBc dBAB | gfdB c2(FE) |
DFBc d2(cd) | edcB G2(FE) | DFBd cBAc | B2d2 B2 :|
|: (Bc) | dBAB GBFB | DFBc dBAB | gBfB edcB | GccB ABce |
dBAB GBFB | DFBc dBAB | gBfB edcB | AFGA B2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Mountain Top, The

  • Mountain Top, The is in Bb, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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