reel · Key of G

The snow on the hills

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The snow on the hills"The snow on the hillsReelanon. (Ireland)5552555502530405552350253230405552555502530405023520325305023533573525332530533573532532502353357353533250235753232050253040Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 569

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X:569
T:The snow on the hills
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 569
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(dG) BGdG|GABd cAFA|G2(dG) Bcde|fdcB cAFA|G2(dG) BGdG|GABd cAFA|GABc dfeg|fdcA GABc||
dgga bgaf|dggf d2(cA)|dgga bgag|fdcB GABc|dgga bgag|dggf defg|abag fgfe|defd cAFA|]
FAQ

Questions about The snow on the hills

  • The snow on the hills is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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. 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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