reel · Key of A

The linen cap

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The linen cap"The linen capReelanon. (Ireland)45054504245022245054504520540045054504245020245450250452054002402045042450222540204504520540024020450424502024545025045205400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 723

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ABC notation source
X:723
T:The linen cap
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 723
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
g|a2(ed) cdec|Bcde fBBg|a2(ed) cdec|dfed cAAg|a2(ed)cdec|Bcde fefg|agae faec|dfed cA A||
B|cAEA cdec|Bcde fBBd|cAEA cdec|dfed cAAB|cAEA cdec|Bcde fefg|agae faec|dfed cA A|]
FAQ

Questions about The linen cap

  • The linen cap is in A, in C| time. The A 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.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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.

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