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About The Boys Of Bluehill

The Boys Of Bluehill is a two-part Irish hornpipe in D major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — sheet music

D 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

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

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The Boys Of Bluehill — tab

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Boys Of Bluehill — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---0-|-2-0---0-----0-|-2-0-2-4-5-7-5-7-|-9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7-|
E|-2---|-----2-----2---|-----------------|--------------------|
C|-----|---------2-----|-----------------|--------------------|
G|-----|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-5-9-7-5-2-5-2-|-2-0---0-----0-|-2-0-2-4-5-7-5-7-|-9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7-|
E|---------------|-----2-----2---|-----------------|--------------------|
C|---------------|---------2-----|-----------------|--------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-5-9-5-|-9-10-|-12-9-5-9-12-10-|-7-9-10-12-14-12-10-|
E|-------|------|----------------|--------------------|
C|-------|------|----------------|--------------------|
G|-------|------|----------------|--------------------|
A|-9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7-|-5-9-7-5-2-5-2-|-2-0---0-----0-|-2-0-2-4-5-7-5-7-|
E|--------------------|---------------|-----2-----2---|-----------------|
C|--------------------|---------------|---------2-----|-----------------|
G|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|-9-12-10-9-7-10-9-7-|-5-9-5-|
E|--------------------|-------|
C|--------------------|-------|
G|--------------------|-------|

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

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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