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The Spinners Delight

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Spinners Delight"The Spinners Delight30544204045420602540402525457045205Tenor Banjo33442040454206025420450526204260Tenor Banjo45054504022454240405407540602052Tenor Banjo05450405242452042054204260Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1380Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1380
T:The Spinners Delight
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1380
K:A
(ed) | c2 (cB) Acec | dcBA GABd | (cA)ce (fd)fa        | ((3gab) (eg) afed |
       c2 (cB) Acec | dcBA GABd | ((3cBA) ((3cde) dBGB | AcBG A2 ||
(cd) | e2 (ag) aecA | B2 (Bc) dcBc | Aced    ceba | ge^de fe=dB |
       e2 (ag) aecA | d2 (fg) fgaf | e2 (gf) edcB | AcBG  A2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Spinners Delight

  • The Spinners Delight is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 93% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.