hornpipe · Key of G
Spellan The Fiddler
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1731
T:Spellan The Fiddler
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1731
R:Hornpipe
K:G
((3DEF)| G>DB>G d>Bg>d | b>g (3ded c>BA>G | .F(d^cd) .A(dcd) | d>ce>d c>AF>D |
G>DB>G d>Bg>d | b>g (3ded c>BA>G | f>ec>A e>dB>G | (3FGA (2DEF G2 :|
|: g2 | b>gd>B G>Bd>g | a>fc>A F>Ac>f | a>gb>a c'>ba>g | f>ed>c B>AG>F |
G>Dc>G d>Bg>d | b>g (3ded c>BA>G | f>ec>A e>dB>G | (3FGA (3DEF G2 :|FAQ
Questions about Spellan The Fiddler
Spellan The Fiddler is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
It is a hornpipe, 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.