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About Goin' Up Caney

Goin' Up Caney is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in G major — intermediate, running from G, to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
G, to g · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B♭ B
Level
Intermediate

Goin' Up Caney — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

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

G e d B e e | g f♯ e e B d d B | G e d B d d B | C B A G E G G G G e d B d e f♯ | g f♯ e d B d B | G e d B d d B | C B A G E D E C B A G B A B d | e e e e | e g e d B d d e | e g e d B G A B A G E G G B | e e d e e d | e g e d B d d e | e f♯ g e d C B♭ B G B A G E G B d | e f♯ g e d B G A | B G A G E G,

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Goin' Up Caney — tab

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

Goin' Up Caney — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---0-----0-0-|-3-2-0-0---------|---0-----------|-----------------|
A|-----5-2-----|---------2-5-5-2-|-----5-2-5-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------|
D|-5-----------|-----------------|-5-------------|-------5-2-5-5-5-|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---0-------0-2-|-3-2-0---------|---0-----------|---------------|
A|-----5-2-5-----|-------5-2-5-2-|-----5-2-5-5-2-|-3-2-0---------|
D|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-------5-2-0-2-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-3-0-------|
A|-3-2-0---2-0-2-5-|---------|-------5-2-5-5---|-------5-2---|
D|-------5---------|---------|-----------------|-----------5-|
G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0---0-0---|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-2-3-0---------|
A|-0-2-0---------2-|-----5-----5-|-------5-2-5-5---|---------5-3-1-2-|
D|-------5-2-5-5---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-0-2-3-0---------|-------------|
A|---2-0-------2-5-|---------5-2---0-|-2---0-------|
D|-5-----5-2-5-----|-------------5---|---5---5-2---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-|

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

Goin' Up Caney — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---0-----0-0-|-3-2-0-0---------|---0-----------|-----------------|
A|-----5-2-----|---------2-5-5-2-|-----5-2-5-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------|
D|-5-----------|-----------------|-5-------------|-------5-2-5-5-5-|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---0-------0-2-|-3-2-0---------|---0-----------|---------------|
A|-----5-2-5-----|-------5-2-5-2-|-----5-2-5-5-2-|-3-2-0---------|
D|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|-------5-2-0-2-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-3-0-------|
A|-3-2-0---2-0-2-5-|---------|-------5-2-5-5---|-------5-2---|
D|-------5---------|---------|-----------------|-----------5-|
G|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0---0-0---|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-2-3-0---------|
A|-0-2-0---------2-|-----5-----5-|-------5-2-5-5---|---------5-3-1-2-|
D|-------5-2-5-5---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-0-2-3-0---------|-------------|
A|---2-0-------2-5-|---------5-2---0-|-2---0-------|
D|-5-----5-2-5-----|-------------5---|---5---5-2---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-|

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

Goin' Up Caney — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---0-----0-0-|-L2-1-0-0---------|---0-----------|------------------|
A|-----3-1-----|----------1-3-3-1-|-----3-1-3-3-1-|-L2-1-0-----------|
D|-3-----------|------------------|-3-------------|--------3-1-3-3-3-|
G|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
E|---0-------0-1-|-L2-1-0---------|---0-----------|----------------|
A|-----3-1-3-----|--------3-1-3-1-|-----3-1-3-3-1-|-L2-1-0---------|
D|-3-------------|----------------|-3-------------|--------3-1-0-1-|
G|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
E|------------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-L2-0---------0-|-0-L2-0-------|
A|-L2-1-0---1-0-1-3-|---------|--------3-1-3-3---|--------3-1---|
D|--------3---------|---------|------------------|------------3-|
G|------------------|---------|------------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0---0-0---|-0-L2-0---------0-|-0-1-L2-0-----------|
A|-0-1-0---------1-|-----3-----3-|--------3-1-3-3---|----------3-L2-L1-1-|
D|-------3-1-3-3---|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|-0-1-L2-0---------|-------------|
A|---1-0-------1-3-|----------3-1---0-|-1---0-------|
D|-3-----3-1-3-----|--------------3---|---3---3-1---|
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------0-|

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

Goin' Up Caney — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---0-----0-0-|-3-2-0-0---------|---0-----------|-----------------|
B|-----3-0-----|---------0-3-3-0-|-----3-0-3-3-0-|-1-0-------------|
G|-0-----------|-----------------|-0-------------|-----2-0---0-0-0-|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------|---------2-------|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---0-------0-2-|-3-2-0---------|---0-----------|---------------|
B|-----3-0-3-----|-------3-0-3-0-|-----3-0-3-3-0-|-1-0-----------|
G|-0-------------|---------------|-0-------------|-----2-0-------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------2-0-2-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-3-0-------|
B|-1-0-----0---0-3-|---------|-------3-0-3-3---|-------3-0---|
G|-----2-0---2-----|---------|-----------------|-----------0-|
D|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
e|-----------------|-0-0---0-0---|-0-3-0---------0-|-0-2-3-0---------|
B|---0-----------0-|-----3-----3-|-------3-0-3-3---|---------3-1---0-|
G|-2---2-0---0-0---|-------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
D|---------2-------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-0-2-3-0---------|-------------|
B|---0---------0-3-|---------3-0-----|-0-----------|
G|-0---2-0---0-----|-------------0-2-|---0-2-0-----|
D|---------2-------|-----------------|---------2---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-|

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

Goin' Up Caney — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-10-19-17-14-19-19-|-22-21-19-19-14-17-17-14-|-10-19-17-14-17-17-14-|-15-14-12-10-7-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
C|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
A|-10-19-17-14-17-19-21-|-22-21-19-17-14-17-14-|-10-19-17-14-17-17-14-|-15-14-12-10-7-5-7-|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
C|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
A|-15-14-12-10-14-12-14-17-|-19-19-19-19-|-19-22-19-17-14-17-17-19-|-19-22-19-17-14-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
C|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
A|-12-14-12-10-7-10-10-14-|-19-19-17-19-19-17-|-19-22-19-17-14-17-17-19-|-19-21-22-19-17-15-13-14-|
E|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-10-14-12-10-7-10-14-17-|-19-21-22-19-17-14-10-12-|-14-10-12-10-7---|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
C|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------0-|

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

Goin' Up Caney chords

G major · 4 chords: G, D, Em, C

G
G
G
D G
G
G
G
D G
D G
Em
C G
Em
G
Em
C G
G
D G
G
D G

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

Guitar chords for Goin' Up Caney

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

GD××EmC×

Ukulele chords for Goin' Up Caney

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

GDEmC

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Goin' Up Caney

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

GDEmC

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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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