reel · Key of G
Captain O'Neill
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:499
T:Captain O'Neill
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 499
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(ge)|dGBG FGAc|BGBd Tg2fe|dGBG FGAc|BGAF G2:|z2|d>((g {a}(3g)fg a>)((g {a}(3g)fg|d>)((g {a}(3g)fg) a2a2|
d>((g {a}(3g)fg) agfd|(3efg fa g2g2|d>((g {a}(3g)fg a>)((g {a}(3g)fg|d>)((g {a}(3g)fg) a2ga|bgaf gfed|(3efg fa g2|]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.