hornpipe · Key of D

The sea captain

O’Neill 1907 no. 882

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The sea captain"The sea captainHornpipeanon. (Ireland)330245040240540402450250450240000245040240540402450250402600003002450202325045405005450240003250454025040245025040260000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 882

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X:882
T:The sea captain
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 882
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3(ABc)|d2(ec) ABce|dcAF DEFG|ABGA FGAB|c2AA A2(3(ABc)|d2(ec) ABce|dcAF DEFG|ABGA FDEC|D2DD D2:|
|:A2|(3(ABc) de fefg|fdec dcAG|A2(AG) FGAB|c2AA A3g|fdec d2(cA)|BGAF DEFG|ABGA FDEC|D2DDD2:|
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Questions about The sea captain

  • The sea captain is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a hornpipe, 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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