Misc Traditional - The Spey In Spate guitar tab
"The Spey in Spate", a traditional tune in Scotland.
Normally it's played on a fiddle or banjo etc but it's not
too difficult to play on the guitar, if you start slowly.
I've included chords to be played as an accompaniment by your
friend: make sure he/she provides a strong rhythm without drowning
out the melody.
This tune is a 2/4 reel - there are 8 semi-quavers (also known as
sixteenth notes) per bar (measure). These are marked as dots
underneath each bar. Bars 9, 11 and 13 start with a pair of
demi-semi-quavers (thirty-secondths?). The 3 notes in the intro bar
(also to be played as part of the last bar if repeating the tune) should
be played as a triplet.
Hopefully I will post some more traditional Scots/Irish tunes
arranged for guitar, if anyone's interested.
Intro bar
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D D Em A7
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-0-------------
B-----------------|-3-2-0-----------|---------------0-|-----2-----------
G---------------2-|-------2-1-2-----|-----0-------0---|-------2-0-------
D-0---4-0---0-4---|-------------4-0-|-2-----2---2-----|-----------2-----
A---------0-------|-----------------|---------2-------|-------------4-0-
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
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D D G D A7 Bm D A7 D
E-----------------|---------------2-|-3-0-2---0-------|-----------------
B-----------------|-3---2---0-------|-------3---2-3-0-|-------------0-2-
G---------------2-|-------------2---|-----------------|-2---0-----2-----
D-0---4-0---0-4---|---0---0---0-----|-----------------|---4---2-0-------
A---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D D Em A7
E-----2-----------|---------2-5-3-2-|-000-3-0---0-----|---------0-3-2-0-
B-333---3---3-----|-------3---------|---------0-----0-|-------2---------
G---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|-------------0---|-----2-----------
D-------------4---|-0-4-------------|-----------------|---2-------------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D D G D A7 Bm D A7 D
E-----2-----------|---------2-5-3-2-|-3-0-2---0-------|-----------------
B-333---3---3-----|-------3---------|-------3---2-3---|-----------------
G---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|---------------0-|-2---0-----------
D-------------4---|-0-4-------------|-----------------|---4---2-0-------
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
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Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland
