hornpipe · Key of A
Spellan's Fancy
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1615 T:Spellan's Fancy R:hornpipe N:"Collected by J. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1615 M:C| L:1/8 K:A e>d | c>ae>c (3AcA Eg | a>ec>a e>cA>e | f>dB>G e>cA>E | (3CEA (3ceg (3agf (3fed | c>ae>c (3dfd B>d | c>aA>a e>cA>c' | d'>be>e' c'>ae>c' | d'be>b a2 :| |: B>A | G>BE>B A>cE>d | c>eA>g a>ec>a | f>dB>g a>ec>a | [A2g2] [A2f2] [A2e2] (3efg | (3aed (3cBA G>BE>d | c>ea>g b>ge>d | c>ea>c' d'>bg>e | d>BG>E A2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Spellan's Fancy
Spellan's Fancy is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Harder. 87% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 12.
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.