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) NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
The Reel of Rio NERFINISHED
The Silver Spear NERFINISHED
partName A part
B part
publicDomain true
sharesTitleWith The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006 film) NERFINISHED
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song by Robert Dwyer Joyce) NERFINISHED
structure AABB
tempo fast
timeSignature 4/4
typicalInstrument banjo
button accordion
concertina
fiddle
flute
guitar
harp
piano accordion
tin whistle
uilleann pipes NERFINISHED
usedFor Irish step dancing
céilí dancing
set dancing

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Robert Dwyer Joyce song "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" distinguishedFrom The Wind That Shakes the Barley (traditional reel)
subject surface form: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)