set dance · Key of G

The Spalpeen Fanach

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Spalpeen Fanach"The Spalpeen FanachLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)320205205025224554502350532320205205025254504024055Tenor Banjo5025023235320525050232050232302052320502520254504024055Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 972
ABC notation source
X:972
T:The Spalpeen Fanach
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 972
R:Long dance, set dance
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
(gf)|e(fed)B2A2|GABGE2(EF)|G2(GF) GABc|d(edc)B2(gf)|efedB2A2|GABGE2G2|FGA(F DE)F(A|G3)G2:|
|:(GA)|Bde(fg2)fg|ag(fe)d2(Bd)|ede(f gf)ed|e2f2g2(fg)|efe(d Bc)BA|GABG E(DEG)FGA(F DE)F(A|G3)G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Spalpeen Fanach

  • The Spalpeen Fanach is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a set dance, 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.

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