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About The Wind That Shakes The Barley

The Wind That Shakes The Barley is a two-part Irish reel in D major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — sheet music

D 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

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

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The Wind That Shakes The Barley — tab

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0-----------|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-------5-2-4-5-2-|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0---------0-|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-------5-2-4-5---|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|-2-2---3-2-3-|-5-2-0---------0-|
A|-----5-------|-----5-2-4-5---|-----5-------|-------5-2-4-5---|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|---0-2-3-5-5-7-|-5-2-0-----------|
A|-----5-------|-----5-2-4-5---|-5-------------|-------5-2-4-5-2-|
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0-----------|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-------5-2-4-5-2-|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0---------0-|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-------5-2-4-5---|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|-2-2---3-2-3-|-5-2-0---------0-|
A|-----5-------|-----5-2-4-5---|-----5-------|-------5-2-4-5---|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|---0-2-3-5-5-7-|-5-2-0-----------|
A|-----5-------|-----5-2-4-5---|-5-------------|-------5-2-4-5-2-|
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-L2-1-0-----------|
A|-0-0-1-0-------|-1-1-0-1-2-3-1-|-0-0-1-0-------|--------3-1-2-3-1-|
D|---------2-1-0-|---------------|---------2-1-0-|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-L2-1-0---------0-|
A|-0-0-1-0-------|-1-1-0-1-2-3-1-|-0-0-1-0-------|--------3-1-2-3---|
D|---------2-1-0-|---------------|---------2-1-0-|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
E|-1-1---L2-L2-0-|-1-1---------0-|-1-1---L2-1-L2-|-3-1-0---------0-|
A|-----3---------|-----3-1-2-3---|-----3---------|-------3-1-2-3---|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-1-1---L2-L2-0-|-1-1---------0-|---0-1-L2-3-3-4-|-3-1-0-----------|
A|-----3---------|-----3-1-2-3---|-3--------------|-------3-1-2-3-1-|
D|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0-----------|
B|-----0---------|-0-0---0-2-3-0-|-----0---------|-------3-0-2-3-0-|
G|-2-2---2-------|-----2---------|-2-2---2-------|-----------------|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-2-0---------0-|
B|-----0---------|-0-0---0-2-3-0-|-----0---------|-------3-0-2-3---|
G|-2-2---2-------|-----2---------|-2-2---2-------|-----------------|
D|---------4-2-0-|---------------|---------4-2-0-|-----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|-2-2---3-2-3-|-5-2-0---------0-|
B|-----3-------|-----3-0-2-3---|-----3-------|-------3-0-2-3---|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|
e|-2-2---3-3-0-|-2-2---------0-|---0-2-3-5-5-7-|-5-2-0-----------|
B|-----3-------|-----3-0-2-3---|-3-------------|-------3-0-2-3-0-|
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

The Wind That Shakes The Barley — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-10-9-7-5-2-4-5-2-|
E|---------2-0---|---------------|---------2-0---|------------------|
C|-------------2-|---------------|-------------2-|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A|-0-0-2-0-------|-2-2-0-2-4-5-2-|-0-0-2-0-------|-10-9-7-5-2-4-5-7-|
E|---------2-0---|---------------|---------2-0---|------------------|
C|-------------2-|---------------|-------------2-|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A|-9-9-5-10-10-7-|-9-9-5-2-4-5-7-|-9-9-5-10-9-10-|-12-9-7-5-2-4-5-7-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
C|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A|-9-9-5-10-10-7-|-9-9-5-2-4-5-7-|-5-7-9-10-12-12-14-|-12-9-7-5-2-4-5-2-|
E|---------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
C|---------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|---------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|

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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