reel · Key of D

The boys of Cappoquin

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The boys of Cappoquin"The boys of CappoquinReelanon. (Ireland)3404054002502452404054002452200232023205202320542Tenor Banjo024502302530055232023205205020542024502302530055Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 617
ABC notation source
X:617
T:The boys of Cappoquin
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 617
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
FDFA d2cA|ABGA EFGE|FDFA d2cA|(3(ABc) GE TEDD2:|(f/g/f/e/)fg fedf|efgf edcB|
ABcd efge|fage edd2|(f/g/f/e/)fg fedf|edef edcB|ABcd efge|fage edd2|]
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Questions about The boys of Cappoquin

  • The boys of Cappoquin is in D, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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