Key of D

The Caves of Cong

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Caves of Cong"The Caves of Cong050230455040054502450245023045504025420005242052403205054502450450230454504020542000Book: O'Neill's 161Notes:"With feeling"

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ABC notation source
X:161
T:The Caves of Cong
N:"With feeling"
B:O'Neill's 161
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
A2|(d>e fg) (ec)|d z Td2 (ec)|A z A2 (GF)|">"G3 (A Bc)|
d2- d2 (AB/c/)|(d>e fg) (ec)|d z ~d2 e>c|">"A3 B (GF)|
(E2 D2) D2|D4||(dB)|(cB AG) (EF)|D z ">"=c2 (BA)|
G z ">"A2 (GF)|G3 (A Bc)|d2- d2 (Ac)|(d>e) (fg ec)|
d3 (c/d/) (ec)|">"A3 (B/A/) GF|(TE2 D2) D2|D4||
FAQ

Questions about The Caves of Cong

  • The Caves of Cong is in D, in 3/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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.