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Kiss the maid amid behind the barrel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Kiss the maid amid behind the barrel"Kiss the maid amid behind the barrelReelanon. (Ireland)3333305530554055230540553050450253040535323535323525323532052320252320233350253040535323535323535323532352302504520325305552555555304055505045025304055525555553040552004502530402250032023505322500450253040Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 571

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X:571
T:Kiss the maid amid behind the barrel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 571
R:Reel
%In O'Neill's book the title is given as "Kiss the maid behind the
%barrel" in the index and "Kiss the amid behind the barrel" (sic) on
%the music page.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DGGc AGGF|DGGB cAGF|DGGc AGA^c|defd cAFA:|dg ({a}(3(g)fg) ag ({a}(3(g)fg)|df ({a}(3(g)fg) agfe|df ({g}(3(f)ef) af ({g}(3(f)ef)|
defd cAFA|dg ({a}(3(g)fg) ag ({a}(3(g)fg)|dg ({a}(3(g)fg) agfg|afge fde^c|dfeg fdcA||G2(dG) BGdG|G2(dG) cAFA|G2(dG) AGA^c|
defd cAFA|G2(dG) BGdG|G2(dG) cAFA|G2GB A2A^c|defd cAFA||B2BG A2Ac|BABc dedc|B2BG A2A^c|defd cAFA:|
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Questions about Kiss the maid amid behind the barrel

  • Kiss the maid amid behind the barrel is in G, in C| time. The G 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 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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