The Sunny Banks reel

Here is one of the simplest of reels but fun nevertheless. The challenge is to vary it in such a way as to avoid it sounding tedious.

This tune lends itself to variation, Here are a few ideas (unabashedly biased toward fiddle ‘cause that’s what I play).

T: The Sunny Banks
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
B|:A~F3 d2 cA|BdAF ~G3B|A~F3 d2 cA|1 (3Bcd AG FDDB:|2 (3Bcd AG GDDg||
|:fded cAAg|fdef g2 ag|fded cAed|1 (3Bcd AG FDDg:|2 (3Bcd AG FDDB||

Variations for the A part:

B|AF (3FFF dFcA|(3Bcd AF GBAG|DFAF (3ddd AB|dBAG FDDB|

dB|A~F3 [d3D3] c|BdAF (3GAG FG|(3ABA FA [dD]BAF|GBAG FDDB|

B|A~F3 dAcA|BdAF GECE|DFAF d2 eg|fdAG FDDB|

And for the B part:

g|fded cdAd|fdef g2 ag|fded cdAd|1 (3Bcd AG FDDg|

g|fded cAag|fd (3eef g2 ag|faed cAAF|GBAG FDDg|

~ taken from the playing of Josie McDermott

T: The Flowers of Ballymote
R: single reel
AF (3FFF d2 cA | BGAF GFGB | AF (3FFF dBcA | BGAF DEFG |
AF ~F2 d2 cA | BFAF (3GGG GB | AF ~F2 d2 cA | BFAF d3 ||
e |
fded cA A2 | fdef gbag | (3fgf ed cA (3AAA | BFAF D3 e |
(3fff ed cA (3AAA | (3ffd ef g2 ag | fged cA ~A2 | BGAF DEFG ||

R: highland fling
A>F (3FFF d2 c>A | B>GA>F G>FG>B |
A>F (3FFF d>Bc>A | B>GA>F D>EF>G |
A>F ~F2 d2 c>A | B>FA>F (3GGG G>B |
A>F ~F2 d2 c>A | B>FA>F d3 e ||
f>de>d c>A A2 | f>de>f g>ba>g |
(3fgf e>d c>A (3AAA | B>FA>F D3 e |
(3fff e>d c>A (3AAA | (3ffd e>f g2 a>g |
f>ge>d c>A ~A2 | B>GA>F D>EF>G ||

Submitted on April 19th 2006 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/5685

Submitted on March 5th 2004 by turophile.
https://thesession.org/tunes/2608

http://youtu.be/UhR98io46Eo

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Short flute solo from Matt Molloy playing this at around 0.28, before the rest of “The Chieftains” join in.