Rolling in the Ryegrass

Rolling in the Ryegrass is a single reel in D major. Single reels have an A and B part that are only 8 bars long. This means each part is only played once (not twice, like in regular reels), or each part is only 4 bars long and is repeated. This tune is a good opportunity to practice backbeat and breathing, hard low Ds, A rolls, B cuts, and F and G rolls.

Learning the Tune provides all tune-learning resources. Every tune has different resources available and every player has different preferences for how to learn tunes. One path you might consider is 1) Slow Tune Learning and/or Sheet Music, 2) Play Along, 3) Tune Breakdown.

Tips for the Tune provides technical resources which will be helpful to playing the tune well. These may include exercises in the same key, tips that might help, and how-to videos for ornaments and techniques specific to the tune.

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