hornpipe · Key of G
Spellan the fiddler
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.