jig · Key of Bm
Galway Tom
O’Neill 1903 no. 744
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:744
T:Galway Tom
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 744
R:Jig
N:"1st Setting" "Collected by Fielding"
K:Bm
(d/B/) | AFA A2 B | AFA A2 B | AFD DFA | B2 A Bcd |
AFA BGB | cAc d2 (B/c/) | def gfe | fdB B2 :|
|: d | dff fef | fef fef | dff fef | dBB B2 A |
dff fef | fef g2 a | bab fef | dBB B2 :|FAQ
Questions about Galway Tom
Galway Tom is in Bm, in 6/8 time.
Easy. 98% 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 jig, written in 6/8.
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.