slip jig · Key of Em

Reaping the Rye

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Reaping the Rye."Reaping the Rye.slipjig23220542505232023220542502060232332052323320232332353202060232332052323532357533202353572060Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1152

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X:1152
T:Reaping the Rye.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1152
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:Em
B>cB B2 A GFE | G>AG B2 g f2 e | B>cB B2 A GFE | G2 A Be^d e2 :|
B>cB g2 g fed | B>cB g2 g f2 e | B>cB g2 g fga | g>fe Be^d e3 |
B>cB g2 g fed | B>cB gag fga | bag gfe fga | gab Be^d e3 ||
FAQ

Questions about Reaping the Rye

  • Reaping the Rye is in Em, in 9/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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