reel · Key of G
Captain Kelly's Reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1330
T:Captain Kelly's Reel
R:Reel
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
B:O'Neill's 1330
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D2|GBAFG2(ge)|dBAc BE-~E2|GBAFG2(ge)|dBcA T(BG)G2|
G2(ef) (3ggg (ge)|dBAc BE-~E2|G2(Bd) {a}gfge|dBABG2||
d2|g2(bg) agbg|egdg egdf|g2(bg) agbg|dgfag2d2|
g2(bg) agbg|egdg egdf|gafg efdf|(3efg (fa) "D.C."gedB|]FAQ
Questions about Captain Kelly's Reel
Captain Kelly's Reel is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 95% 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.