reel · Key of G

Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel"Kiss the Maid Behind the BarrelReel0553055405523054055305045015304033333535323535323535323532051310151310150153040333535323535323535323532352301503510315305552555555304055505045015303055525555553040552004501530402250032023505322500450153040Book: O'Neill's 1308Notes:Collected by Kennedy

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X:1308
T:Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel
R:Reel
N:Collected by Kennedy
B:O'Neill's 1308
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DGGc AGGF|DGGB cAGF|DGGc AGA^c|de=fd cA^FA:|
dg {a}(3gfg ag {a}(3gfg|dg {a}(3gfg agfe|d=f {g}(3fef af {g}(3fef|de=fd cA^FA|
dg {a}(3gfg ag {a}(3gfg|dg {a}(3gfg agfg|afge =fdec|d=feg fdcA||
G2(dG) BGdG|G2(dG) cAFA|G2(dG) AGA^c|de=fd cAFA|
G2(dG) BGdG|G2(dG) cAFA|G2GBA2A^c|de=fd cA^FA||
B2BGA2Ac|BABc dedc|B2BGA2A^c|de=fd cA^FA :|
FAQ

Questions about Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel

  • Kiss the Maid 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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