jig · Key of Am
The Gallowglass
O’Neill 1903 no. 1023
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1023
T:The Gallowglass
N:"Collected by Dunning"
B:O'Neill's 1023
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
(A/B/) | cBA eBd | cAA A2(A/B/) | cBA e^fg | BGG G2(A/B/) |
cBA eBd | cea e2d | cBA ^GAB | cAA A2 :|
|| e | a^ga e=fd | cAA A2(A/B/) | cBA e^fg | BGG G2e |
a^ga e=fd | cAA Aed | cBA ^GAB | cAA A2 |
|| e | a^ga e=fd | cAA A2(A/B/) | cBA e^fg | BGG G2e |
aeg fdB | ecA B^GE | ABc dBe | cAA A2 ||FAQ
Questions about The Gallowglass
The Gallowglass is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
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.