hornpipe · Key of A
Spellan's Fiddle
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1616 T:Spellan's Fiddle R:hornpipe N:"Collected by J. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1616 M:C| L:1/8 K:A c>d | e>ag>b a>fe>c | A>GA>B c>AE>D | C>EA>c d>cB>A | G>Be>g f>cd>B | A>ag>b a>fe>c | A>GA>B c>AE>D | C>EA>c (3Bgf (3edB | A2 c2 A2 :| |: G>A | B>cB>A G>Be>f | g>ag>e B>eg>b |a>gf>a g>fe>g | f>b^d>b c>bB>b | B>cB>A G>Be>f | g>ag>e B>eg>b | a>f^d>B (3dcB (3AGF | (3EGB (3egb e'2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Spellan's Fiddle
Spellan's Fiddle is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Advanced. 82% 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.