reel · Key of A

The spinning wheel

O’Neill 1907 no. 479

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The spinning wheel"The spinning wheelReelanon. (Ireland)1234004200540245457224542040245205402452040000442240245424333300004422024504542404045420202452040404542024545752040404542033333333202454527545424202052454575204245045424020240402450454246442400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 479

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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:|
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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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