hornpipe · Key of Bb
Galway Bay
O’Neill 1907 no. 853
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:853 T:Galway Bay C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 853 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:Bb (GA)|BABc dcd^f|g^fga gabg|fdbg fdcd|BAG^F GFDF|\ G2 (GA) BABG|F2 FG AGFD|GABc dcBA|B2 G2 G2:| |:g2|gfd^f gabg|gfdf GFDF|BABc dcd=e|fcdB AGFD|\ G^FGA BABc|BFdB AFec|d^fga bag=f|d2 g2 g2:|
FAQ
Questions about Galway Bay
Galway Bay is in Bb, in C| time.
Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a hornpipe, written in C|.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
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.