menu
Log in or Sign up

The Maple Leaf reel

There are 21 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Maple Leaf appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Maple Leaf has been added to 41 tune sets.

The Maple Leaf has been added to 267 tunebooks.

Download ABC

Nine settings

1
X: 1
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:E (3EEE F GE (3EEE|B2AB AGED|EDEF GFGA|B2dB AGED|
E (3EEE F GE (3EEE|B2AB AGED|Beed BA (3AAA|B2AB AGED:|
|:Beed efg2|Beed edBA|Beed efge|a2eg fedA|
Beed efg2|Beed edB2|a2eg fedA|B2AB AGED:|
# Added by SPeak .
2
X: 2
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|: "Em" E2 EF GE~E2 | "G" B2AB "Am" AGED | "Em" E2EF GFGA| "G" B2dB "Am"AGED |
"Em" E2 EF GE~E2 | "G" B2AB "Am" AGED | "Em" Be ~e2 "G" BAGB | "Am" =cABG "C"AGED :|
|: "Em" Be ~e2 eg ~g2|"Em" Be ~e2 edBA |"Em" Be ~e2 eg ~g2| "D" ~a3 e "Bm"fedA |
"Em" Be ~e2 eg ~g2|"Em" Be ~e2 edBA | "Am" ae~e2 "Bm" fedB |"Am" =cABG "C"AGED :|
3
X: 3
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
E2 EF GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | E2 EF GFGA | BddB cBAG |
(3EFG FA GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | Be ~e2 BAGB| c2 Bc AGED :||
Beed efge | Beef edBA | Beed ef g2 | a2 ge fdBA |
Beed efge | Beef ed B2 | a2 ge fd B2 | c2 Bc AGED :||
4
X: 4
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E2EF GEE2 | B2AB AGED | E2EF GFGA | ABeB AGED |
[B,E]3F GE (3EEE | B2AB AGE2 | ABeB dBGA | B2AB AGED :||
Beed efge | Beef edBA | Beed efg2 | a2eg fedA |
Beed efge | Beef edB2 | a2eg fedA | B2AB AGED :||
# Added by Jesse .
5
X: 5
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
D|:E2 EF GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | E2 EF GFGA | BddB AGED |
E/F/G FA GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | Beed BAGB|1 c2 Bc AGED :|2 c2 Bc AGE2||
|: Beed efg2 | Beef edBA | Beed ef g2 | a2 ge fdBA |
Beed efg2 | Beef ed B2 | a2 ge fd B2 |1 c2 Bc AGE2 :|2 c2 Bc AGED||
6
X: 6
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
D|:E2 EF GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | E2 EF GFGA | BddB AGED |
E/F/G FA GE E2 | B2 AB AGED | Beed BAGB|1 c2 Bc AGED :|2 c2 Bc AGE2||
|: d2gf efg2 | d2 gf ed c2 | d2gf efg2 | a2 ge fdec |
d2gf efg2 | d2 gf ed B2 | a2 ge fd B2 |1 c2 Bc AGE2 :|2 c2 Bc AGED||
7
X: 7
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E2 EF GE (3EEE | BGAB AGED | EDEF GFGA | BedB cBAG |
EGFA GE (3EEE | BGAB AGE2 | Be (3eee BedA | BdBG AGED ||
Beed efge | Beed edBA | Beed efge | aefa gfed |
Be ~e2 efge | Beed efga | ~b2 gb aged | eaed cBAG :||
8
X: 8
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|: ~E3F G~E3 | A~B3 AGED | EDEF GFGA | ~B3B AGFD |
~E3F G~E3 | A~B3 AGFD | E~e3 B~E3 | A~B3 AGED :|
|: Beed efg2 | Beed edB/c/d | Beed efge | a2eg fedA |
Beed efg2 | Beed edB/c/d | a3g fedA | ~B3B AGED :|
9
X: 9
T: The Maple Leaf
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|: E^DEF G~E3 | A~B3 AGED | EDEF GFGA | BcdB AGFD |
E^DEF G~E3 | A~B3 AGFD | E~e3 B~E3 | A~B3 AGED :|
|: Beed efg2 | Beed edBd | Beed efge | a2eg fedA |
Beed efg2 | Beed edBd | a3g fedA | ~B3B AGED :|

Seventeen comments

You can add a real swing to this tune.

Posted by .

Maple Leaf

Composed by Dublin whistle player Darach de Brun.
Quite often paired with "The Man Of Aran" - another of his compositions. The two tunes were recorded by the late (and much missed) Donncha O’Brien.

Posted by .

"The Maple Leaf was composed in 1976 for my own wedding. I had my reception in the Maples Hotel, Dublin, hence the name."
- Darach de Brun

The Maple Leaf

These tunes have been written with the wrong key signature! It should be E minor, ie with one sharp. Two sharps would be B minor.
The second version has the C# marked with a natural sign which of course wouldn’t be required with the correct key signature, and the third version I’m sure isn’t played with C#s, eg bars 4 and 8.

You’re absolutely right fiddler71. I did miss the key signature. Thanks it’s corrected now.

Re: The Maple Leaf

A filthy, mucky version of The Maple Leaf … probably the closest I’ve ever come to playing Rock & Roll. 😀

I met Darach in Miltown Malbay in 1977 & he taught me a couple of his own tunes that week, including this one.
When I went into my garden this morning, my garden gate was ‘singing’ in the wind & the tone immediately reminded me of this Reel, so of course I just had to record it … as you do. 😉

I’m playing it here on Tenor Banjo, Tenor Guitar, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVoY6E3CNs


Cheers,
Dick

The Maple Leaf, X:7

I’ve been playing this reel for years, mostly playing along with Paddy O’Brien’s tune collection tapes.
I was surprised to see that none of the settings here so far are much like Paddy’s.
I wrote this setting from the way I play it, but then checked that it is very similar to what Paddy
plays in this video (where you can pick up a few more variations).
Paddy’s versions always keep the tunes "rolling along" — so there are "extra notes" rather than "long notes".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npm1ED7c_js

Re: The Maple Leaf

So - not the Maple Leaf Jig then?

I thought I didn’t recognise it from “the dots”!