hornpipe · Key of G
The mountains of Kerry
O’Neill 1907 no. 919
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. 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.