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The old maids of Galway

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old maids of Galway"The old maids of GalwayReelanon. (Ireland)3302320205205052320235205205025532302503730552Tenor Banjo32302520502553230250373055373523052050255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 654
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X:654
T:The old maids of Galway
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 654
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
e>B ({c}(3(B)AB) e2dB|A2GA dBgf|(3(efg) df e2dB|A2GA BGG2:|g2(fg) efde|g2(bg) eaaf|
g2fg efdB|A2GA BGG2|g2fg efde|g2bg eaag|bgaf gedB|A2GA BGG2|]
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Questions about The old maids of Galway

  • The old maids of Galway is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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