reel · Key of G
Captain Kelly's reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:588
T:Captain Kelly's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 588
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D|GBAF G2(ge)|dBAc BE-~E2|GBAF G2(ge)|dBcA (TBG)G2|G2 (ef) (3ggg (ge)|dBAc BE-~E2|G2 (Bd) ({a}g)fge|dBABG2||
d2|g2 (bg) agbg|egdg egdf|g2 (bg) agbg|dgfa g2d2|g2 (bg) agbg|egdf egdf|gafg efdf|(3efg (fa) gedB "_D.C." |]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.