reel · Key of G
Captain O'Neill
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1222
T:Captain O'Neill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's1222
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
K:G
(ge) \
| dGBG FGAc | BGBdTg2fe | dGBG FGAc | BGAFG2 :|
| z2 \
| d>(g {a}(3gfg a)>(g {a}(3gfg) | d>(g {a}(3gfg)a2a2 | d>(g {a}(3gfg) agfd | (3efg fag2g2 |
| d>(g {a}(3gfg a)>(g {a}(3gfg) | d>(g {a}(3gfg)a2ga | bgaf gfed | (3efg fag2 |]FAQ
Questions about Captain O'Neill
Captain O'Neill is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% 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.