jig · Key of D

The Spinner's Lilt

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Spinner's Lilt"The Spinner's Liltdouble jig044500200540445020230454450020054525404240205225252040522520502353275320542054205424020Book: O'Neill's 1058Notes:"collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:1058
T:The Spinner's Lilt
R:double jig
N:"collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1058
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
D2F FGA|ABA AGF|D2F FGA|BAB gec|
d2F FGA|ABA AGF|GBG FAF|EFA B2A:|
d2f faf|d2f ecA|d2f faf|ede f2g|
agf bag|fed cBA|dcB AGF|EFA B2A:|
FAQ

Questions about The Spinner's Lilt

  • The Spinner's Lilt is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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