jig · Key of D

The boy from the mountain

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boy from the mountain"The boy from the mountainDouble jiganon. (Ireland)1245005204505454204500050320540505454200545Tenor Banjo33024500230540550023235230450023054502054050245024Tenor Banjo50023054055002323523045020520540450020524050545405Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 192
ABC notation source
X:192
T:The boy from the mountain
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 192
R:Double jig
m:~n = m/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
F2-~F G2-~G|A2D GED|F2-~F G2-~G|Adc (d>cB/A/)|F2-~F G2-~G|A2A Ade|{g}fed cAG|[1 Adc (d>cB/A/):|[2 Adc d2H||
(3A/B/c/|d2e {e}f2g|Te2d cAG|d2e {e}f2g|(f/g/a)f gec|d2e {e}f2g|e2d cde|fed cAG|ABc d2 (3A/B/c/|
d2e {e}f2g|Te2d cAG|d2e {e}f2g|(f/g/a)f gec|d2e fe(d/f/)|ed(c/e/) {c}d2e|{e}fed {B}cAG|Adc (d>cA/G/)|]
FAQ

Questions about The boy from the mountain

  • The boy from the mountain is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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