jig · Key of D
Wallop the spot
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:281
T:Wallop the spot
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 281
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
d2B cAF|FEF dAF|d2B cAF|B2d AFE|d2B cAF|FEF dAF|dfd cec|B2d AFE:|
||c2d ecA|eaf ecA|c2d ecA|B2F AFE|c2d ecA|eaf ef^g|agf ecA|TB2F AFE:|
||DFA dfd|dfd dAF|DFA dAF|B2d AFE|DFA dfd|dfd d2g|(f/g/a)f d2A|B2d AFE:|
||(TF2E) D2D|DED D2E|({G}F)EF DFA|B2d AFE|(TF2E) D2D|DED D2c|dcB ({d}c)BA|B2d AFE:|FAQ
Questions about Wallop the spot
Wallop the spot is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.