Key of Gm

The Boys of Glanlough

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boys of Glanlough"The Boys of Glanlough501353365305105350135015365332350Tenor Banjo135336530510535013533551531555Tenor Banjo501013565356531535010135315653135Tenor Banjo533151530510535013533551531555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 356Notes:"Spirited.""collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 356
T:The Boys of Glanlough
M:C
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 356
N:"Spirited."
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:Gm
(G/2A/2) \
| B>cdg ce dc/2A/2 | G>BAG F3(G/2A/2) | B>cd=e fdc_e | dgg^f g3(G/2A/2) |
B>cdg ce dc/2A/2 | G>BAG F3G/2A/2 | B>cdg gddB | ({d}c>)BGG G2z ||
(G/2A/2) \
| B>ABc d>edc | db a/2g/2f/2a/2 g3(G/2A/2) | B>ABc d2g>f | d>edc B2cd |
dggf dB({d}c)A | G>BAG F3(G/2A/2) | B>cdg gddB | ({d}c>)BGG G2z ||
FAQ

Questions about The Boys of Glanlough

  • The Boys of Glanlough is in Gm, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.