jig · Key of G

The foot of the mountain

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The foot of the mountain"The foot of the mountainDouble jiganon. (Ireland)50220505555022054000402205055530055304055500554000554000550543050403050400554000554000553040555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 331

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X:331
T:The foot of the mountain
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 331
R:Double jig
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(G3/4A/4)|B3 (TBAG)|Add daA|B3 (TBAG)|FAA AFD|B3 (TBAG)|Add dcA|DGG cAF|AGG G2:|
|:D|DGG FDD|DGG FDD|DGG AGF|cAG AFD|cAG AFD|DGG FDD|DGG FDD|DGG cAF|AGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The foot of the mountain

  • The foot of the mountain is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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.

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