hornpipe · Key of Em

Galtee mountain

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Galtee mountain"Galtee mountainHornpipeanon. (Ireland)333302454502052022424542024502054205404042024545020253025052353204522Tenor Banjo333502525050237523052320235023205232535250305420402525052353204522Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 950
ABC notation source
X:950
T:Galtee mountain
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 950
R:Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
K:Em
(3(DEF)|G(FGA) BAGB|AEEF (3(EFG) FE|D(EFG) ABAG|(3(FED) (dF) DFAF|E(DEF) GFGA|B(ABd) gefd|edBc (3(dc(B) AF)|G2E2E2|
|:(GA)|BGB(d ed)ef|gba(f ge)dB|cBA(B cd)ef|(3(gfe) (af) g2(Bd)|g(dBd) ecAG|(3(FED) (FA) BGBd|e(dBc) (3(dcB) (AF)|G2E2E2:|
FAQ

Questions about Galtee mountain

  • Galtee mountain is in Em, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C.

  • 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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