jig · Key of Bn
Galway Tom
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:745
T:Galway Tom
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 745
R:Jig
N:"2nd Setting" "Collected by McFadden"
K:Bn
def fef | fef fef | def fef | edB BAB |
def fef | fef fef | baf fed | fdB B2 d :|
|: AFA AFA | AFA A2 d | BGB BGB | BGB Bcd |
AFA BGB | dBd efa | baf {g}fed |1 fdB B2 d :|2 fdB {c}BAB ||
|: def (ab/a/f) | (ab/a/f) (ab/a/f) | def (ab/a/f) | gfe fdB |
def a/a/af | a/a/af a2 f | (g/a/bg) faf | gfe fdB :|
|: AFD DFA | AFA A2 d | BGE EFA | BGB B2 d |
AFA BGB | dBd efa | baf fed |1 fdB B2 d :|2 fdB {c}BAB ||
|: d3 fdd | edd fdd | d/d/dd fdd | edB BAB |
~d3 fdd | edd efa | baf fed | fed {c}BAB :|FAQ
Questions about Galway Tom
Galway Tom is in Bn, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Harder. 64% 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. 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.