Gallant Boys of Tipperary

Gallant Boys of Tipperary is a slide in D major. A slide is in 12/8 time and uses the same backbeat and breathing rules as other compound meter tunes (like jigs and slip jigs). This is a great opportunity for practicing jumping down to your hard low D. It also offers lots of opportunities for A and G rolls.

Learning the Tune provides all tune-learning resources. Every tune has different resources available and every player has different preferences for how to learn tunes. One path you might consider is 1) Slow Tune Learning and/or Sheet Music, 2) Play Along, 3) Tune Breakdown.

Tips for the Tune provides technical resources which will be helpful to playing the tune well. These may include exercises in the same key, tips that might help, and how-to videos for ornaments and techniques specific to the tune.

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