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Snow On The Hills reel

Also known as Snow Covered Hills, Snow On The Hill, The Snow On The Hills.

There are 11 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Snow On The Hills appears in 3 other tune collections.

Snow On The Hills has been added to 8 tune sets.

Snow On The Hills has been added to 75 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G2dG BGdG|GABd cAFA|G2dG B^cde|fdcB cAFA|
G2dG BGdG|GABd cAFA|GABc defg|fdcB cAFA:|
|:dgga bgag|dggf d2cA|dgga bgag|fdcB cAFA|
dgga bgag|dggf d2fg|abag fgfe|defd cAFA:|
2
X: 2
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G2dG BGdG|G2dB cAFA|G2dG BG3|defd cAFA|
G2dG BGdG|G2dB cAFA|GABc dfeg|1 fdcA G2(3DEF:|2 fdcA G2Bc||
|:dg3 bg3|dg3 decA|dg2 bgag|fdcA GABc|
dg3 bg3|dg3 defg|a3g f3e|defd cAFA:|
# Added by Nico .
3
X: 3
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
G2 dG BGdG|G2 dB cAFA|G2 dG Bcde|fdcB cAFA|
G2 GA BGBd|GBdB cAFA|GABc dAeg|1 fdcA AGFA:|2 fdcA GABc||
dg g2 bgag|dg g2 decA|dg g2 bgag|fdcA G3 B|
dg g2 b2 ag|dg g2 defg|a2 ge fdeg|1 fdcA GABc:|2 fdcA G4||
# Added by Kenny .
4
X: 4
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|E2 BE GEBE|DEBG AFDF|E2 BE GABc|dBAF AFDF|
E2 BE GEBE|DEBG AFDF|E3 F GABc|dBAF AFDF|
Be e2 gefd|Beed BAFA|Beef g2 fe|dBAF AFDF|
Be e2 gefd|Beed Bcde|f2 fe d/e/f dc|dBAF AFDF|
5
X: 5
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gdor
G/A/G dG BGdG|GABd cAFA|G/A/G dG Bcde|f2 fd cAFA|
G/A/G dG BG d2|GA B/c/d cAFA|GABc d2 e/f/g|fdcB AFcA||
dgga bgag|dggf dfcA|dgga bg b/a/g|fd c/B/A f2 Ac|
dgga bgag|dggf d2 fg|abag f2 g/f/e|de f/e/d c2 FA||
6
X: 6
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
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||
7
X: 7
T: Snow On The Hills
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E2 BE GEBG|E2 GB ADFD|E2 BE G2 A/B/c|dcdB AFDF|
E2 BE G2 BG|EFGB ADFA|EFGA Bcde|dBAG FdAF||
Bee^d e/f/g fe|Beed BdAF|Bee^d e2 fe|dBAF dFAd|
Bee^d egfe|Beed B2 c/d/e|fgfe df e/d/c|dedB ADFD||

Ten comments

Not quite straight out of O’Neil’s, this is how I’ve come to play it. I make it third in a set after The Rose in the Garden and The Morning Star Reel. Despite the name co-incidence, it is NOT an alternate form of The Gravel Walk.

There are a lot of common things to other G major (pipe) reels, like Gibert Clancy’s - Nice tune anyway!

this has bugged me for ages, its the tune the Dubliners play before the Salamanca reel,
although they play it differently to the version here

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B@gg@r……

Just spent the best part of an hour transcribing this from Steph Geremia’s CD where it’s called “Snow Covered Hills”. I’ve put the alternative title in so that it’s linked to the recording.
Here’s my transcription, anyway :

G2 dG BGdG | G2 dB cAFA | G2 dG Bcde | fdcB cAFA |
G2 GA BGBd | GBdB cA FA | GABc dAeg |1 fdcA AGFA :|2 fdcA GABc |
dg g2 bgag | dg g2 decA | dg g2 bgag | fdcA G3 B |
dg g2 b2 ag | dg g2 defg | a2 ge fdeg |1 fdcA GABc :|2 fdcA G4 |

Steph’s playing of this is as good an example of Irish flute playing as I’ve ever heard. Just beautiful music.

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Don’t know how to add a reference to another recording, as this is my first submission (is this possible?), but a fine rendering of this tune appears on “The Mountain Groves” by Emmett Gill, second item on the first track, published by NPU and subtitled “The Ace and Deuce of Piping Volume 2”. A lot of other good performance on this CD as well!

Snow On The Hills

Donncha - to do what you want to do, enter the details of the recording yourself (in the menu list on the right hand side, click “Recordings” then “add a new recording”) as the album you refer to isn’t listed here already. The this tune will automatically link to the new recording entry.

I’ll add a bit to Donncha’s comment: Snow on the Hills is one of the tunes that Tommy Reck recorded, it’s usually added to the Peter O Loughlin tape but I think it’s one of a few tunes that was actually taken from radio broadcasts. Tommy Keane also recorded it.

Posted .

Ben the Hoose Setting

New to this whole ABC thing but have checked and think it is pretty close. Not sure about the key I’ve put it in but will happily change if wrong! Great tune. Really.