jig · Key of D

The Mountainy Boy

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mountainy Boy"The Mountainy BoyJig54000540005402405024525400054000320540502453232020505450253054055532320205054502054050245Book: O'Neill's 750Notes:"Collected by Cronin"

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X:750
T:The Mountainy Boy
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 750
R:Jig
N:"Collected by Cronin"
K:D
   d | cAA A2 G | FAA A2 d | cAB cAG | ABc dfd  |
       cAA A2 G | FAA A2 g | fed cAG | ABc d2  :|
|: g | fgf efe  | ded cde  | fag edc | edd d2 g |
       fgf efe  | ded cde  | fed cAG | ABc d2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The Mountainy Boy

  • The Mountainy Boy is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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