jig · Key of D
The boy from the mountain
O’Neill 1907 no. 192
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. 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 jig, written in 6/8.
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.