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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
"When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling"
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is one of my all-time
favorites, but requires a few accidentals to be played
on the dulcimer. Again, 1-3-5 tuning meets the
challenge. My tablature arrangement of this song for the
diatonic mountain dulcimer uses the tuning D-F#-A. There
are two pages in various formats (some are larger for
those that have DSL or Broadband). I think this
selection is a good one to showcase the 1-3-5 tuning for
several reasons. First, as you will note, although the
tuning is D-F#-A, the arrangement is played with full
chord support in the key of A major, without need for a
capo.
The melody itself has only one accidental (D# used in
two places). The chord support seen here, however, makes
use of "new" notes like the D# and A#, not found in
other tunings like D-A-A or D-A-d. These add new color
to the music, beyond the usual I-IV-V chords with which
we are more familiar.
Mountain Dulcimer tablature arrangement by Merv
Rowley
There are two pages in various formats (some are larger
for those that have DSL or Broadband).
Lyrics: C. Olcott/G. Graff
Music: Ernest R. Ball
Arr: Merv Rowley © 2004
Published: 1912
This tablature is available in the following formats:
TablEdit:
"When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling" .TEF
Adobe .PDF: Page 1 and
Page 2
Printable Webpage: Page 1 and
Page 2
.JPG Format:
Page 1 and
Page 2
Midi File:
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