Key of Gm
The Boys of Glanlough
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.