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About Katy Hill

Katy Hill is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Katy Hill — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

d d d b g b a | g b a g e f♯ g | d d d b g a g | e d B d e f♯ g d d d b g b a | g b a g e f♯ g a | g e d B A G E G | D E G B A F♯ G D E G B A G | B A G B A G E G | D E G A B d e f♯ | g e d B A G E G D E G B A G E G | B A G B A G E G | D E G A B d e f♯ | g e d B A G E G D E G B A G | D E G A G

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Katy Hill — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Katy Hill — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-------7-3-5-3-|-0-------0-2-3-|
A|-5-5-5---------|---------------|-5-5-5---------|---5-2-5-------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-5-|-3-0-------------|---------------|
A|-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-----5-2-0-------|-------2-0-----|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----4-5-|
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
A|-------2-0---|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-----|-----5-2-0-------|
D|-0-2-5-----5-|-----5-----5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----------|-----------5-2-5-|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
A|-------2-0-------|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-----|-----5-2-0-------|
D|-0-2-5-----5-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----------|-----------5-2-5-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------|
A|-------2-0---|-------0---|
D|-0-2-5-----5-|-0-2-5---5-|
G|-------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Katy Hill — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-------7-3-5-3-|-0-------0-2-3-|
A|-5-5-5---------|---------------|-5-5-5---------|---5-2-5-------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-5-|-3-0-------------|---------------|
A|-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-----5-2-0-------|-------2-0-----|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----4-5-|
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
A|-------2-0---|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-----|-----5-2-0-------|
D|-0-2-5-----5-|-----5-----5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----------|-----------5-2-5-|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
A|-------2-0-------|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-----|-----5-2-0-------|
D|-0-2-5-----5-2-5-|-----5-----5-2-5-|-0-2-5-----------|-----------5-2-5-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------|
A|-------2-0---|-------0---|
D|-0-2-5-----5-|-0-2-5---5-|
G|-------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Katy Hill — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-------4-L2-4-3-|-L2-4-3-L2-0-1-L2-|-------4-L2-3-L2-|-0-------0-1-L2-|
A|-3-3-3----------|------------------|-3-3-3-----------|---3-1-3--------|
D|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-------4-L2-4-3-|-L2-4-3-L2-0-1-L2-3-|-L2-0-------------|---------------|
A|-3-3-3----------|--------------------|------3-1-0-------|-------1-0-----|
D|----------------|--------------------|------------3-1-3-|-0-1-3-----2-3-|
G|----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-1-|-L2-0-------------|
A|-------1-0---|-1-0---1-0-------|-------0-1-3-----|------3-1-0-------|
D|-0-1-3-----3-|-----3-----3-1-3-|-0-1-3-----------|------------3-1-3-|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-1-|-L2-0-------------|
A|-------1-0-------|-1-0---1-0-------|-------0-1-3-----|------3-1-0-------|
D|-0-1-3-----3-1-3-|-----3-----3-1-3-|-0-1-3-----------|------------3-1-3-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-------------|-----------|
A|-------1-0---|-------0---|
D|-0-1-3-----3-|-0-1-3---3-|
G|-------------|-----------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Katy Hill — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-|-------7-3-5-3-|-0-------0-2-3-|
B|-3-3-3---------|---------------|-3-3-3---------|---3-0-3-------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-------7-3-7-5-|-3-7-5-3-0-2-3-5-|-3-0-------------|---------------|
B|-3-3-3---------|-----------------|-----3-0---------|-------0-------|
G|---------------|-----------------|---------2-0---0-|-----0---2---0-|
D|---------------|-----------------|-------------2---|-0-2-------4---|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|-------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
B|-------0-----|-0-----0---------|---------0-3-----|-----3-0---------|
G|-----0---2-0-|---2-0---2-0---0-|-----0-2---------|---------2-0---0-|
D|-0-2---------|-------------2---|-0-2-------------|-------------2---|
A|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-0-------------|
B|-------0---------|-0-----0---------|---------0-3-----|-----3-0---------|
G|-----0---2-0---0-|---2-0---2-0---0-|-----0-2---------|---------2-0---0-|
D|-0-2---------2---|-------------2---|-0-2-------------|-------------2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-------------|-----------|
B|-------0-----|-----------|
G|-----0---2-0-|-----0-2-0-|
D|-0-2---------|-0-2-------|
A|-------------|-----------|
E|-------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Katy Hill — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-5-5-5-14-10-14-12-|-10-14-12-10-7-9-10-|-5-5-5-14-10-12-10-|-7-5-2-5-7-9-10-|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
C|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
A|-5-5-5-14-10-14-12-|-10-14-12-10-7-9-10-12-|-10-7-5-2-0-------|-------2-0-----|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------0---|---0-------2---|
C|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-2-------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------------|------------0---0-|-----0-------0-|
A|-------2-0---|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-7-9-|-10-7-5-2-0-------|
E|---0---------|-------------0---|---0-------------|--------------0---|
C|-2-----------|-----------------|-2---------------|------------------|
G|-----0-----0-|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----------|------------0---0-|
A|-------2-0-------|-2-0---2-0-------|-------0-2-5-7-9-|-10-7-5-2-0-------|
E|---0---------0---|-------------0---|---0-------------|--------------0---|
C|-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|------------------|
G|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----------|------------0---0-|
A|-------2-0---|-------0---|
E|---0---------|---0-------|
C|-2-----------|-2---------|
G|-----0-----0-|-----0---0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Katy Hill chords

G major · 2 chords: G, D

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
D G
D G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
D G
D G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Katy Hill

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD××

Ukulele chords for Katy Hill

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Katy Hill

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

GD

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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