hornpipe · Key of G

The Mountains of Kerry

O’Neill 1903 no. 1745

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mountains of Kerry"The Mountains of KerryHornpipe53505205350525052505250525320253505205350525323503045552355323500023230532533525303032525323052530304555Book: O'Neill's 1745

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X:1745
T:The Mountains of Kerry
M:C
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1745
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   G2 gd edBA  | G2 gd edBG  | DGBG AGBG | DGBd   cBAB  |
   G2 gd edBA  | G2 gd edBd  | gfgd ecAF | G2 G2 G2 z2 :|
|: B3 c  d2 d2 | cBcd  e2 e2 | A3 B cBcA | Ggfa  g2 g2  |
   dBdg  eceg  | fdfa  gfge  | dBdg ecAF | G2 G2 G2 z2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Mountains of Kerry

  • The Mountains of Kerry is in G, in C 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 hornpipe, written in C.

  • 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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