reel · Key of A
The spinning wheel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:479 T:The spinning wheel C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 479 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:A cAA(c B)AA(d|c)efg a2(ga)|bBB(c d)cBA|[1cefg afed:|[2cefg afec|:(3.A.A.A (AF) FEEF|A2(Bc) dcBc| (3.A.A.A (AF) FEEe|(3fga (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|(GF)FE (FA)A2:|
FAQ
Questions about The spinning wheel
The spinning wheel is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.