Rolling Down the Hill
O’Neill 1903 no. 1508
Also known as ag lia.tra.d sios an cnuic
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1508
T:Rolling Down the Hill
R:reel
N:"collected from J. O'Neill"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1508"
T: ag lia.tra.d sios an cnuic.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
e2 (cA) e2 (cA)|BGE^F G2 GB|A^GAB cBcd|e^fge dgfg|
e2 (cA) Acec|dcBA G2 (GB)|A^GAB cBcd|eaged2 (cd)||
(e^f)({a}gf) (ef)({a}gf)|(ea)({b}a^g) (ea)({b}ag)|(e^f)({a}gf) (ef)({a}gf)|a^fge d2 d2||
(e^f)({a}gf) (ef)({a}gf)|(ea)({b}a^g) (ea)({b}ag)|edcB cdef|g^fge dgfg||Questions about Rolling Down the Hill
Rolling Down the Hill is in C, in C| time. The C major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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 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.