jig · Key of D

The Windy Height

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Windy Height"The Windy Height05550205402220400024555020542020542455205424000325052555205424000020542455Book: O'Neill's 360Notes:"With spirit.""collected by J. O'Neill."

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X: 360
T:The Windy Height
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 360
N:"With spirit."
N:"collected by J. O'Neill."
K:D
A|d2d def|e2d c2A|B2B BAF|A2A ABc|
d2d def|e2d cBA|(B<e)d cBc|d3 d2||
B|A2G FEF|A2A A2g|f2d edB|d2d d2B|
A2G FEF|A2A A2A|(B<e)d cBc|d3 d2||
FAQ

Questions about The Windy Height

  • The Windy Height 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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