hornpipe · Key of A

Spellan's Fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Spellan's Fancy"Spellan's Fancyhornpipe3333305450404024504504002526040262040454220534504525254505040910701295091070753206222042540045045252450450402000243350542062254054740540591074052620Book: O'Neill's 1615Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"

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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. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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