hornpipe · Key of Fmix
Spellan's Inspiration
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1612 T:Spellan's Inspiration R:hornpipe N:"Collected by J. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1612 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:Fmix (3bag) | f2d>B B2F>B | G2E2 E2F>E | D>FE>G F>Be>d | c>BA>G F>ba>g | f>bd>f B>dF>B | G2E2 E2F>E | D>FE>G F>BA>c | B2B,2 B,2 :| |: (D>E) | F>GF>E D>EF>E | G>FE>D E>DE>F | G>_AG>F E>Gc>B | A2F2 F2D>E | F>GF>E D>FE>D | E2g2 g2f>e | d>fB>d c>eA>c | B2B,2 B,2 :| (D>C) | B,2D>B, F>B,D>B, | A,>B,C>D E>DE>F | D>FE>G F>BA>c | e>cA>F E>DE>C | B,2D>B, F>B,D>B, | A,>B,C>D E>DE>C | D>BA>G F>ED>C | B,2D2 B,2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Spellan's Inspiration
Spellan's Inspiration is in Fmix, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.