Greengrass reel

There are 2 recordings of this tune.

Greengrass has been added to 3 tune sets.

Greengrass has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Greengrass
R: reel

X: 2
T: Greengrass
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
eAAf fefa|e2cA BAFA|a2f2 ecBA|EFAB BA3|
eAAf fefa|e2cA BAFA|a2f2 eBce|BAFE A4||
EFAB cefe|aebe c'ebe|aeee' eee'e|ee'ee cefe|
EFAB cefe|aefa ecBA|a3f eBce|BAFE A4||

Three comments

Greengrass

This is the tune following Castlerock Road on Damien O’Kane and Dave Kosky’s “The Mystery Inch” album. A bit of an interpretation since the banjo recording makes it difficult to distinguish ornamentation from melody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOB0ascAldg

play video

Re: Greengrass

Final reel in this set:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwRFkgkFR6k

play video

Greengrass, X:2

Simplified version as played by Cassie and Maggie MacDonald.

You can add the (spectacular but unnecessary) run in the B part:

|: A,B,C,E ABce | aebe c’ebe | aeee’ eee’e | ee’ee cefe |
A,B,C,E ABce | aefa ecBA | a3f eBce | BAFE A4 ||

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