reel · Key of Em

The mountain lark

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The mountain lark"The mountain larkReelanon. (Ireland)2202502502504042202502520422222025025025040422025023025200Tenor Banjo0202302555755502023020520020222023025557555352303205204222Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 516
ABC notation source
X:516
T:The mountain lark
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 516
R:Reel
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
E2(BA) Bdef|deBd AFDF|E2(BA) Bdef|dBAF BEE z|E2(BA) Bdef|deBd AFDF|E2(BA) Bdef|gefd (Be)e z||
eB-~B2 efge|fdad bdad|eB-~B2 efge|fedf e2(ef)|eBBB efge|fdad bdad|gafg egfe|dBAF (BE)E z|]
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. 98% 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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