The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel)

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel) is a well-known Irish dance tune commonly played in traditional music sessions on instruments like the fiddle, flute, and tin whistle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish traditional dance tune ⓘ
reel ⓘ
traditional Irish tune ⓘ
associatedWith Irish diaspora communities ⓘ
Irish folk tradition ⓘ
cataloguedIn The Session (online tune database) ⓘ
commonlyPlayedIn Irish traditional music sessions ⓘ
céilís ⓘ
pub sessions ⓘ
composer unknown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
culturalContext Irish traditional dance music repertoire ⓘ
genre Celtic music ⓘ
Irish traditional music ⓘ
hasVariant The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Scottish versions) ⓘ
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (regional Irish settings) ⓘ
includedIn standard Irish session repertoire ⓘ
isTraditional true ⓘ
melodicMode D major (common setting) ⓘ
E Dorian (alternative setting) ⓘ
musicForm dance tune ⓘ
numberOfParts 2 ⓘ
oftenPairedWith The Maid Behind the Bar ⓘ
The Reel of Rio ⓘ
The Silver Spear ⓘ
partName A part ⓘ
B part ⓘ
publicDomain true ⓘ
sharesTitleWith The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006 film) ⓘ
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song by Robert Dwyer Joyce) ⓘ
structure AABB ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
typicalInstrument banjo ⓘ
button accordion ⓘ
concertina ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
flute ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
harp ⓘ
piano accordion ⓘ
tin whistle ⓘ
uilleann pipes ⓘ
usedFor Irish step dancing ⓘ
céilí dancing ⓘ
set dancing ⓘ

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song) → distinguishedFrom → The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel) ⓘ