jig · Key of G

Garryowen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Garryowen"Garryowen32053205232232053205020032053205232223502352020023525250253203030250235753200525023520200Book: O'Neill's 971

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ABC notation source
X:971
T:Garryowen
B:O'Neill's 971
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(g/f/)|edc BAG|B>cB Bgf|edc BAG|ABA Agf|
edc BAG|B>cB B2(B/c/)|def gdB|A>BA A2:|
(B/c/)|d2B d2B|deB dgf|e2c e2c|efd e2f|
g2a b2a|gfe edB|def gdB|A>BA A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Garryowen

  • Garryowen is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 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.

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