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About Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in D major — intermediate, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · C
Range
D to a · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — sheet music

D major · C

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

F♯ G | A B A F♯ A d e | f♯ e f♯ a d d C♯ | B C♯ d B A F♯ E D E E F♯ E F♯ G | A B A F♯ A d e | f♯ e f♯ a d d C♯ | B C♯ d B A F♯ E F♯ D D E D F♯ G | D D E D d e | f♯ e f♯ g a a A | B A B C♯ d A B C♯ d B A F♯ D F♯ | E E F♯ E F♯ G | A B A F♯ A d e | f♯ e f♯ a d d C♯ B C♯ d B A F♯ E F♯ | D D E D d e | D D E D

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Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
A|-----|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
D|-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-0-|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
D|-2-2-4-2-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-4-|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------0-|-2-0-2-3-5-5---|-------------|
A|-------------|---------5---|-------------0-|-2-0-2-4-5-0-|
D|-0-0-2-0-4-5-|-0-0-2-0-----|---------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|
D|-----------4-0-4-|-2-2-4-2-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------0-|---------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|---------5---|---------|
D|-----------4-2-4-|-0-0-2-0-----|-0-0-2-0-|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
A|-----|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
D|-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-0-|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
D|-2-2-4-2-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-4-|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------0-|-2-0-2-3-5-5---|-------------|
A|-------------|---------5---|-------------0-|-2-0-2-4-5-0-|
D|-0-0-2-0-4-5-|-0-0-2-0-----|---------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5---|---------5-5-4-|
D|-----------4-0-4-|-2-2-4-2-4-5-|-------4-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------0-|---------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|---------5---|---------|
D|-----------4-2-4-|-0-0-2-0-----|-0-0-2-0-|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|-------------0-|-1-0-1-3-------|-----------------|
A|-----|-0-1-0---0-3---|---------3-3-2-|-1-2-3-1-0-------|
D|-2-3-|-------2-------|---------------|-----------2-1-0-|
G|-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-------------0-|-1-0-1-3-------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-0-1-0---0-3---|---------3-3-2-|-1-2-3-1-0-------|
D|-1-1-2-1-2-3-|-------2-------|---------------|-----------2-1-2-|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------0-|-1-0-1-L2-3-3---|-------------|
A|-------------|---------3---|--------------0-|-1-0-1-2-3-0-|
D|-0-0-1-0-2-3-|-0-0-1-0-----|----------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------0-|-1-0-1-3-------|
A|-1-2-3-1-0-------|-------------|-0-1-0---0-3---|---------3-3-2-|
D|-----------2-0-2-|-1-1-2-1-2-3-|-------2-------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------0-|---------|
A|-1-2-3-1-0-------|---------3---|---------|
D|-----------2-1-2-|-0-0-1-0-----|-0-0-1-0-|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
B|-----|---0-------3---|---------3-3-2-|-0-2-3-0---------|
G|---0-|-2---2---2-----|---------------|---------2-------|
D|-4---|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-0-|
A|-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|-----------------|
B|-------------|---0-------3---|---------3-3-2-|-0-2-3-0---------|
G|-----------0-|-2---2---2-----|---------------|---------2-------|
D|-2-2-4-2-4---|-------4-------|---------------|-----------4-2-4-|
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|-------------|-----------0-|-2-0-2-3-5-5---|-------------|
B|-------------|---------3---|---------------|-0---0-2-3---|
G|-----------0-|-------------|-------------2-|---2-------2-|
D|-0-0-2-0-4---|-0-0-2-0-----|---------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
e|-----------------|-------------|-------------0-|-2-0-2-5-------|
B|-0-2-3-0---------|-------------|---0-------3---|---------3-3-2-|
G|---------2-------|-----------0-|-2---2---2-----|---------------|
D|-----------4-0-4-|-2-2-4-2-4---|-------4-------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-----------------|-----------0-|---------|
B|-0-2-3-0---------|---------3---|---------|
G|---------2-------|-------------|---------|
D|-----------4-2-4-|-0-0-2-0-----|-0-0-2-0-|
A|-----------------|-------------|---------|
E|-----------------|-------------|---------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----|-0-2-0---0-5-7-|-9-7-9-12-5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
E|-2---|-------2-------|----------------|-----------2-0---|
C|-----|---------------|----------------|---------------2-|
G|---0-|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5-7-|-9-7-9-12-5-5-4-|-2-4-5-2-0-------|
E|-0-0-2-0-2---|-------2-------|----------------|-----------2-0-2-|
C|-------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------0-|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|---------5-7-|-9-7-9-10-12-12-0-|-2-0-2-4-5-0-|
E|-----0---2---|-----0-------|------------------|-------------|
C|-2-2---2-----|-2-2---2-----|------------------|-------------|
G|-----------0-|-------------|------------------|-------------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|-------------|-0-2-0---0-5-7-|-9-7-9-12-5-5-4-|
E|-----------2---2-|-0-0-2-0-2---|-------2-------|----------------|
C|-------------2---|-------------|---------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------0-|---------------|----------------|
A|-2-4-5-2-0-------|---------5-7-|---------|
E|-----------2-0-2-|-----0-------|-----0---|
C|-----------------|-2-2---2-----|-2-2---2-|
G|-----------------|-------------|---------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine chords

D major · 3 chords: D, G, A

pickup
D
D
G D
A
D
D
G D A
D
D
D
G D
G D
A
D
D
G D A
D
D

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

D××GA×

Ukulele chords for Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGA

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DGA

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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