reel · Key of D

Wind that Shakes the Barley, The

Also known as an gao.t a .bio.dgeas an t-orna

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"The Wind that Shakes the Barleyan gao.t a .bio.dgeas an t-orna.reel2002042022024520020420320524520020420220245200204203205250225330225245022532352052450D.C.2253302252450252537305205245D.C.Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1518"Notes:"collected from F. O'Neill"

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X:1518
T:Wind that Shakes the Barley, The
R:reel
N:"collected from F. O'Neill"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1518"
T: an gao.t a .bio.dgeas an t-orna.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
B|A2AB AFED|B2 BA BcdB|A2 AB AFED|gfed BcdB|
A2 AB AFED|B2 BA BcdB|A2 AB AFED|gfed B2d||
e|f2 fd g2 ge|f2 fd Bcde|f2 fd g2 fg|afed Bcde|
f2fd g2 ge|f2 fd Bcde|fafd gbge|afed Bcd !D.C.!||
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Questions about Wind that Shakes the Barley, The

  • Wind that Shakes the Barley, The 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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