hornpipe · Key of A
Spellan's Delight
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.