Friday 17 October 2014
Tune of the Day: Banjo Breakdown
Scottish pipe tune
Despite its title, this Mixolydian-mode melody is a very old and popular bagpipe tune, sometimes also played on the fiddle.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!
| Title | Banjo Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Traditional Scottish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo | ![]() | ||
| Key | A major | |||
| Range | A4–A5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 132 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 1:00 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (58 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (483 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2014-10-17 | |||
| Last updated | 2014-10-17 | |||
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| Categories |
Celtic Music, Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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Despite its title, this Mixolydian-mode melody is a very old and popular bagpipe tune, sometimes also played on the fiddle.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!