Key of D

On the Mountain Side

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "On the Mountain Side"On the Mountain Side050524205200024502450052050250245024500520502500505242052000Book: O'Neill's 289Notes:"Slow""Collected by O'Brien"

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X: 289
T: On the Mountain Side
B: O'Neill's 289
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by O'Brien"
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:D
A2 \
| d2 (A2 GE) | c2 (B2 AG) | (E2 D2) .D2 | D4 EF \
| G2 (A2 Bc) | d2 .e2 (ed) | (BA GA) BG | A4 (EF) |
| G2 A2  Bc | d2 e2 ed | BA GA BG | A4 A2 \
| d2 A2 GE | c2 B2 AG | (E2 D2) .D2 | D4 ||
FAQ

Questions about On the Mountain Side

  • On the Mountain Side is in D, in 3/4 time. The D 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.