reel · Key of G

Captain Byng

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Captain Byng"Captain ByngReelanon. (Ireland)53235255055325023235255230525553235255055325302502353052025532555255230003003255525523052550255525523000300325023530520255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 736

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X:736
T:Captain Byng
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 736
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
d|gfgd BGG2|eaag fdef|gfgd BGGB|cAdB G2Gd|gfgd BGG2|eaag fdcA|Bdef gage|dBAB G2G||
c|BGdG BGGB|cAeA cAAc|BGdG BGGB|cAdB G2GA|BGdG BGGB|cAeA cAAc|Bdef gage|dBAB G2G|]
FAQ

Questions about Captain Byng

  • Captain Byng is in G, in C time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a reel, written in C.

  • 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.

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