jig · Key of D

The little house under the hill

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The little house under the hill"The little house under the hillDouble jiganon. (Ireland)205405405402054054524520540540540245420545245504404404402044044524520440440450245245054524505440445440454404452450544044544024524520545245Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 204

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X:204
T:The little house under the hill
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 204
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
B|AGF AGF|AGF A2B|AGF AGF|GEF G2B|AGF AGF|AGF ABc|dcB AGF|GEF G2:|
||d|AFF DFF|AFF A2B|AFF DFF|GEF G2B|AFF DFF|AFG ABc|d (B/c/d) AGF|GEF G2:|
||A|dFF AFF|dFF A2c|dFF AFF|GEF G2A|dFF AFF|dFF ABc|d(B/c/d/B/) AGF|GEF G2:|
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Questions about The little house under the hill

  • The little house under the hill 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.

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