jig · Key of D

The mountain boy

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The mountain boy"The mountain boyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 12854000540005402405024525400054000320540502453232020505450253054055532320205054502054050245Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 38

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X:38
T:The mountain boy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 38
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:D
d|cAA A2G|FAA A2d|cAB cAG|ABc dfd|cAA A2G|FAA A2g|fed cAG|ABc d2:|
g|fgf efe|ded cde|fag edc|edd d2g|fgf efe|ded cde|fed cAG|ABc d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The mountain boy

  • The mountain boy 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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