reel · Key of A

The Spinning Wheel

O’Neill 1903 no. 1203

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A reel runs 100 to 124 at a session. One click is a half note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Spinning Wheel"The Spinning WheelReel1240042665402454572245420402452054024520433300004422402454240000442202450454243304045420202452040404542024545752043333330404542020245452754542420205245457520433245045424020240402450454240442400Book: O'Neill's 1203Notes:Collected by Cronin

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ABC notation source
X:1203
T:The Spinning Wheel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1203
N:Collected by Cronin
K:A
cAA(c B)GG(d | c)efga2(ga) | bBB(c dc)BA |1 cefg afed :|2 cefg afec |
|: (3.A.A.A (AF) FEEF | A2(Bc) dcBc | (3.A.A.A (AF) FEEe | (3fg(a ec) dcBc :|
| Aceg agfe | (fe)fg (af)ec | Aceg agfe | (3fga (3gab afec |
| Aceg agfe | (fe)fg (ag)af | (3bag (3agf (3gfe (3fed | (3fga (3gab afec |
|: (3fga (ec) dcBc | AEAB cAce | (3fga (ec) dcBc | (AF)FE (FA)A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Spinning Wheel

  • The Spinning Wheel is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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