hornpipe · Key of G

The mountains of Kerry

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The mountains of Kerry"The mountains of KerryHornpipeanon. (Ireland)5350520535052505250525052532025350520535052532350304555Tenor Banjo2355323500023230532533525303032525323052530304555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 919
ABC notation source
X:919
T:The mountains of Kerry
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 919
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2gd edBA|G2gd edBG|DGBG AGBG|DGBd cBAB|G2gd edBA|G2gd edBd|gfgd ecAF|G2G2G2 z2:|
|:B3c d2d2|cBcd e2e2|A3B cBcA|Ggfa g2g2|dBdg eceg|fdfa gfge|dBdg ecAF|G2G2G2 z2:|
FAQ

Questions about The mountains of Kerry

  • The mountains of Kerry is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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