Floating Crowbar, The


Key: D

Form: Reel or Hornpipe*

ABC

X:95
T:Floating Crowbar, The
R:reel
Z:Transcribed by Dave Marshall
M:C|
K:D
|: AD (3FED ADBD | AD (3FED A2GF | E~G3 AGFG | E~G3 GABd |
AD (3FED ADBD | AD (3FED G2FG | A^GAB cded |1 cAGE D2dB :|2 cAGE D2 (3EFG
|: Addc d2 (3Bcd | eaag efge | A3B AGFG | (3ABA GF EFGE |
Addc d2cd | eaag efge | afge dfed |1 cAGE D2 (3EFG :|2 cAGE D2dB ||

MP3: (first slow for learning, then up to speed, played by Susan Reid*)

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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge. 

Sheet Music in PDF: Floating Crowbar

YouTube

Source (if known): Trad.

Other Tunes in Set:

Region: Ireland

Notes: The sheet music above differs somewhat from both the MP3 clip and the YouTube.

*Fiddler Susan Reid, who kindly provided the MP3 above, comments “This is my variation of an Irish tune. I treat it like a hornpipe with a fair amount of swing. It is in D, and begins with a little F sharp/G pick up, then a nice bowing pattern in the open A and D strings. The Cs shift from
Natural to sharp too, just to keep you on your toes.”