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Neckbelly reel

By Sharon Shannon, Jim Murray

Also known as Neck Belly, Neckbelly #2.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Neckbelly has been added to 18 tune sets.

Neckbelly has been added to 136 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: Neckbelly
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
|:c3d ~c3d|cBAG AFAB|cFdF cFdF|cBAF GABd|
cBAB cBAB|cBAG AFAB|cf~f2 fcdf|1 cBAG F2AB:|2 cBAG F2gf||
|:ga~a2 a2ga|gfdc d2fg|fdcA ~c3d|cdfa gafg|
a2gf a2gf|gfdc ~d2fg|fdcA ~c3d|1 cdfg f2fg:|2 fdcA F4||
|:d4 d4|cAGA F2CF|DF~F2 FAcd|cdfg afga|
fd~d2 d2fd|cAGA F2CF|DF~F2 FAcd|1 cdfg f4:|2 cdfg f2AB||
2
X: 2
T: Neckbelly
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A3B ~A3B|AGFE FDFG|ADBD ADBD|AGFD EFGB|
AGFG AGFG|AGFE FDFG|Ad~d2 dABd|1 AGFE D2FG:|2 AGFE D2ed||
|:ef~f2 f2ef|edBA B2de|dBAF ~A3B|ABdf efde|
f2ed f2ed|edBA ~B2de|dBAF ~A3B|1 ABde d2de:|2 dBAF D4||
|:B4 B4|AFEF D2A,D|B,D~D2 DFAB|ABde fdef|
dB~B2 B2dB|AFEF D2A,D|B,D~D2 DFAB|1 ABde d4:|2 ABde d2FG||
3
X: 3
T: Neckbelly
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
|:~B3c ~B3c|BAGF GEGA|BEcE BEcE|BAGE FGAc|
BAGA BAGA|BAGF GEGA|B~e3 eBce|1 BAGF E4:|2 BAGF E2ef||
|:g4g2fe|fccB c2ec|cBBG BGBc|Bceg f2ef|
g2fe g2fe|fccB c2ec|cBBG BGBc|1 Bcef e2ef:|2 Bcef e4||
|:c2ec c2ec|BGFG E2B,E|C~E3 EGBc|Bcef gefg|
eccB c2ec|BGFG E2B,E|C~E3 EGBc|1 Bcef e4:|2 Bcef e2GA||
4
X: 4
T: Neckbelly
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
|:~B3c ~B3c|BAGF GEGA|BEcE BEcE|BAGE FGAc|
BAGA BAGA|BAGF GEGA|B~e3 eBce|1 BAGF E4:|2 BAGF E2ef||
|:g4g2fe|fccB c2ec|cBBG BGBc|Bceg f2ef|
g2fe g2fe|fccB c2ec|cBBG BGBc|1 Bcef e2ef:|2 Bcef e4||
|:c2ec c2ec|BGFG E2B,E|C~E3 EGBc|Bcef gefg|
eccB c2ec|BGFG E2B,E|C~E3 EGBc|1 Bcef e4:|2 Bcef e2GA||
5
X: 5
T: Neckbelly
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A3B A3B|AGFE FDFG|ADBD ADBD|AGFD EFGB|
AGFG AGFG|AGFE FDFG|Ad3 dABd|1 AGFE D4:|2 AGFE D2de||
|:f4f2ed|eBBA B2dB|BAAF AFAB|ABdf e2de|
f2ed f2ed|eBBA B2dB|BAAF AFAB|1 ABde d2de:|2 ABde d4||
|:B2dB B2dB|AFEF D2AD|BD3 DFAB|ABde fdef|
dBBA B2dB|AFEF D2AD|BD3 DFAB|1 ABde d4:|2 ABde d2FG||
# Added by JACKB .

Eleven comments

A wonderful tune from Sharon Shannon, which I spent several hours today transcribing from a video from the Transatlantic Sessions.

For a more normal key…

K:D
|:A3B ~A3B|AGFE FDFG|ADBD ADBD|AGFD EFGB|
|AGFG AGFG|AGFE FDFG|Ad~d2 dABd|1AGFE D2FG:|2AGFE D2ed||
|:ef~f2 f2ef|edBA B2de|dBAF ~A3B|ABdf efde|
|f2ed f2ed|edBA ~B2de|dBAF ~A3B|1ABde d2de:|2dBAF D4||
|:B4 B4|AFEF D2A,D|B,D~D2 DFAB|ABde fdef|
|dB~B2 B2dB|AFEF D2A,D|B,D~D2 DFAB|1ABde d4:|2ABde d2FG||

great transcription jck!

Yes, a very good transcription. I play this in G, rather than F. It’s a bit more English-concertina friendly for myself and other trad musicians should find G very acceptable. Also G isn’t too far away from Sharon’s original key, so it retains the character, I think.

Name

Is there anybody being able to explain a German lad what a “neck belly” is? I searched it everywhere on the net but haven’t found an answer so far…

My contribution

Just worked on that tune today

My contribution

Just worked on that tune today and made a transcription in E major. Once done, I discovered that was already done here…
Anyway here it is…:
K:E
|:~B3c ~B3c | BAGF GEGA | BEcE BEcE | BAGE FGAc | BAGA BAGA | BAGF GEGA | B~e3 eBce |1 BAGF E4 :|2 BAGF E2ef
|: g4-g2fe | fccB c2ec | cBBG BGBc | Bceg f2ef | g2fe g2fe | fccB c2ec | cBBG BGBc |1 Bcef e2ef:|2 Bcef e4
|: c2ec c2ec|BGFG E2B,E | C~E3 EGBc | Bcef gefg | eccB c2ec | BGFG E2B,E| C~E3 EGBc |1 Bcef e4 :|2 Bcef e2GA

The tune was not just written by Sharon Shannon. It was a Sharon Shannon and Jim Murray collaboration.