reel · Key of Em

The Mountain Lark

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mountain Lark"The Mountain LarkReel02025025025040422025025204222Tenor Banjo02025025025040422025023025200Tenor Banjo020230255575550202302062002Tenor Banjo0222023025557555352303205204222Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1243Notes:No. 1Collected by KennedySetting No.1Collected by Kenned
ABC notation source
X:1243
T:The Mountain Lark
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1243
N:No. 1
N:Collected by Kennedy
N:Setting No.1
N:Collected by Kenned
K:Em
D2(BA) Bdef|deBd AFDF|E2(BA) Bdef|dBAF BEEz|
D2(BA) Bdef|deBd AFDF|E2(BA) Bdef|gefd (Be) ez||
eB-~B2efge|fdad bdad|eB-~B2efge|fe^dfe2(ef)|
eBBB efge|fdad bdad|gafg egfe|dBAF (BE)Ez||
FAQ

Questions about The Mountain Lark

  • The Mountain Lark is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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