jig · Key of Am

The gallowglass

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The gallowglass"The gallowglassDouble jiganon. (Ireland)02320025300002320023255502320025305053205023000Tenor Banjo0545015300002320023255505450153000053205023000Tenor Banjo0545015300002320023255505031520302620235203000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 236
ABC notation source
X:236
T:The gallowglass
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 236
R:Double jig
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. 99% 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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