set dance · Key of G

The three captains

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The three captains"The three captainsLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)3333333055252304055252525530300252550232025420552523040Tenor Banjo33333333333355252525530300252552320545553353202350233525030003373023525Tenor Banjo33333333333302300535553235030235250232025420552523040552525255303002525523205455Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 961
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X:961
T:The three captains
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 961
R:Long dance, set dance
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
D|G>G (3BGB c>AF>A|G>G (3BGB d>BG>G|(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|A>Bc>B (3ABG (3FED|G>G (3BGB c>AF>A|
G>G (3BGB d>BG>G|(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|(3EcB (3AGF G2G::d|g>g (3dcB (3ABc (3def|g>g (3dBd (3ecA A>A|g>g (3bge f>g (3afd|
(e/f/g)e (3edc d>d (3dcB|c>d (3ecA B>c (3dBG|A>Bc>B (3ABG (3FED|G>G (3BGB c>AF>A|G>G (3BGB d>BG>G|(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|(3EcB (3AGF G2G:|
FAQ

Questions about The three captains

  • The three captains 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 set dance, 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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