reel · Key of D
Roll her on the mountain
O’Neill 1907 no. 572
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:572 T:Roll her on the mountain C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 572 R:Reel m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/ M:C| L:1/8 K:D A2FA A2FD|B2BA (Bc)dB|A2FA (DF)AF|GABc dfdB|A2FA A2FD|B2BA (Bc)dB|A2FA (dB)AF|GBAG F2D2|| d2d(f e)dcB|(AB)cd (ef)ge|d2df (ed)cA|BGFG TE2D2|d2df (ed)cB|ABcd efge|(3(fga) (3(fga) gece|dBAF TE2D2|]
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Questions about Roll her on the mountain
Roll her on the mountain is in D, in C| 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.
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.