reel · Key of D

The wind that shakes the barley

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The wind that shakes the barley"The wind that shakes the barleyReelanon. (Ireland)200204202202452002042032052452002042022024520020420320525D.C.02253302252450225323520524502253302252450252537305205245D.C.Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 737

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ABC notation source
X:737
T:The wind that shakes the barley
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 737
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
B|A2AB AFED|B2BA BcdB|A2AB AFED|gfed BcdB|A2AB AFED|B2BA BcdB|A2AB AFED|gfed B2d||
e|f2fd g2ge|f2fd Bcde|f2fd g2fg|afed Bcde|f2fd g2ge|f2fd Bcde|fafd gbge|afed Bcd "_D.C." |]
FAQ

Questions about The wind that shakes the barley

  • The wind that shakes the barley is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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 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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