Help with tabbing out The Sprits Polka from Converse' Banjo Made Easy

[Brian Glass]

I am trying really hard to do this on my own but man, what a struggle. I have down loaded Converse's The sprites polka from the hamilton.edu website and am trying my hardest to understand this and tab it out but I have failed miserably. Has anyone on the site tabbed this and would you be willing to share?? I heard Tim's rendition of this in the videos section and would really like to learn it. Help me or shun me, It's your choice 8-)

[Tim Twiss]

I'll give you a hand with it if nobody has jumped in yet. For what it's worth, reference your thumb string as "E"  ...using the "X".

[Trapdoor2]

I'll check this evening, I've tabbed out a lot of Converse...can't recall if this one has been done.

If it ain't, it will take me about an hour to get it done and posted here.

[Trapdoor2]

Here's a .pdf of "The Sprites Polka" TAB. Hope this is what you're looking for. Made a minor correction, measure 17 (lone crochet, or 1/4 note is actually a quaver, or 1/8th note). Other than that, I believe I have it per the dots.

 

Good luck!

[Brian Glass]

That's fantastic! I was doing a little better than I thought but would never have gotten there. Thank you so much for your efforts.

[Trapdoor2]

Well...Tim found an error in measures 18 & 24 (and 28), these should be 3B position holds and just rolled thru (see measure 28. Somehow I got it closer there but the 5th string open should be a 1st string 5th fret)...I'll correct it at lunch today and repost.

Brian Glass said:

That's fantastic! I was doing a little better than I thought but would never have gotten there. Thank you so much for your efforts.

[Trapdoor2]

Corrected version!