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About The Stack Of Barley

The Stack Of Barley is a two-part Irish barndance in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Barndance, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

The Stack Of Barley — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

B d | g b a g f♯ g f♯ e d | B B B B A B d | D E G A B A B C d e A A B C d | g a b a f♯ g f♯ e d | B B B B A B d | D E G A B B B d B A G G | A G G E D A | B G B d g g g g b | a g f♯ g e d g g g f♯ g e d B d | e A A A A e f♯ | g b a g f♯ g f♯ e d | B B B B A B d D E G A B B B d B | A G G G A | A G G

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The Stack Of Barley — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

The Stack Of Barley — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
A|-2-5-|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-0-2-3-5-|
D|-----|-------------------|---------------|-0-2-5-------------|
G|-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-0-----------|-3-5-7-5-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
A|---0-0-2-3-5-|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|
D|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-0-2-5-------------|
G|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-------------|---------3-3-3-3-7-|-5-3-2-3-0---|
A|-0-----|-0---------0-|-2---2-5-----------|-----------5-|
D|---5-5-|---5-5-2-0---|---5---------------|-------------|
G|-------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-3-3-3-2-3-0-------|-0---------0-2-|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|
A|-------------5-2-5-|---0-0-0-0-----|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------|
A|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|-0-------0-|-0-----|
D|-0-2-5-------------|---5-5-5---|---5-5-|
G|-------------------|-----------|-------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

The Stack Of Barley — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
A|-2-5-|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-0-2-3-5-|
D|-----|-------------------|---------------|-0-2-5-------------|
G|-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-0-----------|-3-5-7-5-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
A|---0-0-2-3-5-|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|
D|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-0-2-5-------------|
G|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-------------|---------3-3-3-3-7-|-5-3-2-3-0---|
A|-0-----|-0---------0-|-2---2-5-----------|-----------5-|
D|---5-5-|---5-5-2-0---|---5---------------|-------------|
G|-------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-3-3-3-2-3-0-------|-0---------0-2-|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|
A|-------------5-2-5-|---0-0-0-0-----|-----------------5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------|
A|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|-0-------0-|-0-----|
D|-0-2-5-------------|---5-5-5---|---5-5-|
G|-------------------|-----------|-------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

The Stack Of Barley — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|-L2-4-3-L2-1-L2-1-0---|---------------|--------------------|
A|-1-3-|--------------------3-|-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-|-------0-1-0-1-L2-3-|
D|-----|----------------------|---------------|-0-1-3--------------|
G|-----|----------------------|---------------|--------------------|
E|-0------------|-L2-3-4-3-1-L2-1-0---|---------------|-------------------|
A|---0-0-1-L2-3-|-------------------3-|-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-|-------0-1-1-1-3-1-|
D|--------------|---------------------|---------------|-0-1-3-------------|
G|--------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-------------|---------L2-L2-L2-L2-4-|-3-L2-1-L2-0---|
A|-0-----|-0---------0-|-1---1-3---------------|-------------3-|
D|---3-3-|---3-3-1-0---|---3-------------------|---------------|
G|-------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------|
E|-L2-L2-L2-1-L2-0-------|-0---------0-1-|-L2-4-3-L2-1-L2-1-0---|---------------|
A|-----------------3-1-3-|---0-0-0-0-----|--------------------3-|-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-|
D|-----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------|
A|-------0-1-1-1-3-1-|-0-------0-|-0-----|
D|-0-1-3-------------|---3-3-3---|---3-3-|
G|-------------------|-----------|-------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

The Stack Of Barley — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
B|-0-3-|-----------------3-|-0-0-0-0---0-3-|---------0---0-1-3-|
G|-----|-------------------|---------2-----|-----0-2---2-------|
D|-----|-------------------|---------------|-0-2---------------|
A|-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
e|-0-----------|-3-5-7-5-2-3-2-0---|---------------|-------------------|
B|-------0-1-3-|-----------------3-|-0-0-0-0---0-3-|---------0-0-0-3-0-|
G|---2-2-------|-------------------|---------2-----|-----0-2-----------|
D|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-0-2---------------|
A|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
e|-------|-------------|---------3-3-3-3-7-|-5-3-2-3-0---|
B|-------|-------------|-0---0-3-----------|-----------3-|
G|-2-0-0-|-2-0-0-----2-|---0---------------|-------------|
D|-------|-------2-0---|-------------------|-------------|
A|-------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
e|-3-3-3-2-3-0-------|-0---------0-2-|-3-7-5-3-2-3-2-0---|---------------|
B|-------------3-0-3-|---------------|-----------------3-|-0-0-0-0---0-3-|
G|-------------------|---2-2-2-2-----|-------------------|---------2-----|
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
e|-------------------|-----------|-------|
B|---------0-0-0-3-0-|-----------|-------|
G|-----0-2-----------|-2-0-0-0-2-|-2-0-0-|
D|-0-2---------------|-----------|-------|
A|-------------------|-----------|-------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

The Stack Of Barley — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-2-5-|-10-14-12-10-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-0-2-3-5-|
E|-----|------------------------|---------------|---0---------------|
C|-----|------------------------|---------------|-2-----------------|
G|-----|------------------------|---------------|-----0-------------|
A|-7-0-0-2-3-5-|-10-12-14-12-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|
E|-------------|------------------------|---------------|---0---------------|
C|-------------|------------------------|---------------|-2-----------------|
G|-------------|------------------------|---------------|-----0-------------|
A|-0-----|-0---------0-|-2---2-5-10-10-10-10-14-|-12-10-9-10-7-5-|
E|-------|-------0-----|------------------------|----------------|
C|-------|---------2---|------------------------|----------------|
G|---0-0-|---0-0-------|---0--------------------|----------------|
A|-10-10-10-9-10-7-5-2-5-|-7-0-0-0-0-7-9-|-10-14-12-10-9-10-9-7-5-|-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|
E|-----------------------|---------------|------------------------|---------------|
C|-----------------------|---------------|------------------------|---------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------|------------------------|---------------|
A|-------0-2-2-2-5-2-|-0-------0-|-0-----|
E|---0---------------|-----------|-------|
C|-2-----------------|-----------|-------|
G|-----0-------------|---0-0-0---|---0-0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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