hornpipe · Key of A

Spellan's Delight

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Spellan's Delight"Spellan's Delighthornpipe3320402452620402450405745240450402526Tenor Banjo3040245262547450405405205474045Tenor Banjo3305704504050205452624059109754752024Tenor Banjo54745040572450405405205474045Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1614Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1614
T:Spellan's Delight
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1614
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
E2 | (3AcA E>c d>BG>B | A>c (3efg a>ec>e | d>bc>a B>ge>g | a>ec>e f>dB>G |
(3AcA E>c d>BG>B | a>gb>g a>ec>e | d>ce>d f>ea>g | b>ge>g a2 :|
|:e2 | a>be>g a>ec>e | (3def (3edc d>BG>B | c>ea>c' d'>c'b>a | g>ba>f e2 f>g |
a>gb>g a>ec>e | d>bB>g a>ec>e | d>ce>d f>ea>g | b>ge>g a2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Spellan's Delight

  • Spellan's Delight is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 88% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • 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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