jig · Key of Am

The Gallowglass

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Gallowglass"The Gallowglass02320025300002320023255502Tenor Banjo320025305053206023000Tenor Banjo054501530000232002325550Tenor Banjo5450153000053206023000Tenor Banjo054501530000232002325550Tenor Banjo5031520302620235203000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1023Notes:"Collected by Dunning"
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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