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About The Silver Spear

The Silver Spear is a two-part Irish reel in D major — intermediate, running from F♯ to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
F♯ to b · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Silver Spear — sheet music

D major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

A | F♯ A A A A B A F♯ A | d f♯ e d B d d A | F♯ A A A A B A F♯ A d f♯ e d B d B A G | F♯ A A A A B A F♯ A | d f♯ e d B d e f♯ | g a g e f♯ g f♯ e d f♯ e d B d B A G | d f♯ e d B d A d | f♯ a a a a b f♯ a f♯ | g f♯ e d B d d e f♯ a a a a b f♯ a f♯ | g f♯ e d B d B A | f♯ a a a a b f♯ a f♯ | g f♯ e d B d e f♯ g e f♯ e | d f♯ e d B d A d | d f♯ e d B A G

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The Silver Spear — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

The Silver Spear — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|-------------------|---2-0-----------|-------------------|
A|-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-----5-2-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|
D|---|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-4-------------4---|
G|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---2-0-------------|-------------------|---2-0-------0-2-|-3-5-3-0-2-3-2-0-|
A|-5-----5-2-5-2-0---|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-----5-2-5-----|-----------------|
D|-----------------5-|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0-------------|---2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---------0-|
A|-5-----5-2-5-2-0---|-5-----5-2-5-0-5-|-------------------|-------5-2-5-5---|
D|-----------------5-|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-------0-2-|
A|-------------------|-------5-2-5-2-0-|-------------------|-------5-2-5-----|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-0-2-0-|---2-0-----------|---2-0---------|
A|---------|-5-----5-2-5-0-5-|-5-----5-2-0---|
D|---------|-----------------|-------------5-|
G|---------|-----------------|---------------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

The Silver Spear — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|-------------------|---2-0-----------|-------------------|
A|-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-----5-2-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|
D|---|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-4-------------4---|
G|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---2-0-------------|-------------------|---2-0-------0-2-|-3-5-3-0-2-3-2-0-|
A|-5-----5-2-5-2-0---|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-----5-2-5-----|-----------------|
D|-----------------5-|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---2-0-------------|---2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---------0-|
A|-5-----5-2-5-2-0---|-5-----5-2-5-0-5-|-------------------|-------5-2-5-5---|
D|-----------------5-|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-------0-2-|
A|-------------------|-------5-2-5-2-0-|-------------------|-------5-2-5-----|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-0-2-0-|---2-0-----------|---2-0---------|
A|---------|-5-----5-2-5-0-5-|-5-----5-2-0---|
D|---------|-----------------|-------------5-|
G|---------|-----------------|---------------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

The Silver Spear — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|-------------------|---1-0-----------|-------------------|
A|-0-|---0-0-0-0-1-0---0-|-3-----3-1-3-3-0-|---0-0-0-0-1-0---0-|
D|---|-2-------------2---|-----------------|-2-------------2---|
G|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---1-0-------------|-------------------|---1-0-------0-1-|-L2-3-L2-0-1-L2-1-0-|
A|-3-----3-1-3-1-0---|---0-0-0-0-1-0---0-|-3-----3-1-3-----|--------------------|
D|-----------------3-|-2-------------2---|-----------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|---1-0-------------|---1-0-----------|-1-3-3-3-3-4-1-3-1-|-L2-1-0---------0-|
A|-3-----3-1-3-1-0---|-3-----3-1-3-0-3-|-------------------|--------3-1-3-3---|
D|-----------------3-|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-1-3-3-3-3-4-1-3-1-|-L2-1-0-----------|-1-3-3-3-3-4-1-3-1-|-L2-1-0-------0-1-|
A|-------------------|--------3-1-3-1-0-|-------------------|--------3-1-3-----|
D|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-L2-0-1-0-|---1-0-----------|---1-0---------|
A|----------|-3-----3-1-3-0-3-|-3-----3-1-0---|
D|----------|-----------------|-------------3-|
G|----------|-----------------|---------------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

The Silver Spear — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|-------------------|---2-0-----------|-------------------|
B|---|-----------0-------|-3-----3-0-3-3---|-----------0-------|
G|-2-|---2-2-2-2---2---2-|---------------2-|---2-2-2-2---2---2-|
D|---|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-4-------------4---|
A|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
e|---2-0-------------|-------------------|---2-0-------0-2-|-3-5-3-0-2-3-2-0-|
B|-3-----3-0-3-0-----|-----------0-------|-3-----3-0-3-----|-----------------|
G|---------------2-0-|---2-2-2-2---2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-4-------------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|---2-0-------------|---2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0---------0-|
B|-3-----3-0-3-0-----|-3-----3-0-3---3-|-------------------|-------3-0-3-3---|
G|---------------2-0-|-------------2---|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------|-2-5-5-5-5-7-2-5-2-|-3-2-0-------0-2-|
B|-------------------|-------3-0-3-0---|-------------------|-------3-0-3-----|
G|-------------------|---------------2-|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e|-3-0-2-0-|---2-0-----------|---2-0---------|
B|---------|-3-----3-0-3---3-|-3-----3-0-----|
G|---------|-------------2---|-----------2-0-|
D|---------|-----------------|---------------|
A|---------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---------|-----------------|---------------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

The Silver Spear — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-9-7-5-2-5-5-0-|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|
E|---|-2-------------2---|-----------------|-2-------------2---|
C|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|---|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-5-9-7-5-2-5-2-0---|---0-0-0-0-2-0---0-|-5-9-7-5-2-5-7-9-|-10-12-10-7-9-10-9-7-|
E|-------------------|-2-------------2---|-----------------|---------------------|
C|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------0-|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-5-9-7-5-2-5-2-0---|-5-9-7-5-2-5-0-5-|-9-12-12-12-12-14-9-12-9-|-10-9-7-5-2-5-5-7-|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|
G|-----------------0-|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|
A|-9-12-12-12-12-14-9-12-9-|-10-9-7-5-2-5-2-0-|-9-12-12-12-12-14-9-12-9-|-10-9-7-5-2-5-7-9-|
E|-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
C|-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
A|-10-7-9-7-|-5-9-7-5-2-5-0-5-|-5-9-7-5-2-0---|
E|----------|-----------------|---------------|
C|----------|-----------------|---------------|
G|----------|-----------------|-------------0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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