hornpipe · Key of G

Spellan the fiddler

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Spellan the fiddler"Spellan the fiddlerHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33024502552357350532054545054553053040Tenor Banjo33502552357350532052030052540024537352525352304032Tenor Banjo3353758753205320545025523573505320520300525400245Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 911
ABC notation source
X:911
T:Spellan the fiddler
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 911
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
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|FA (3DEF 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>DB>G d>Bg>d|b>g (3ded c>BA>G|f>ec>A e>dB>G|FA (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.

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