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About The Mist Covered Mountain

The Mist Covered Mountain is a three-part Irish jig in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, three parts, each usually played twice
Key
A dorian (the notes of G major) · 6/8
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Mist Covered Mountain — sheet music

A dorian (the notes of G major) · 6/8

The notes

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

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

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The Mist Covered Mountain — tab

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

The Mist Covered Mountain — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Mist Covered Mountain — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Mist Covered Mountain — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Mist Covered Mountain — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Mist Covered Mountain — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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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