jig · Key of Dmix

Kelly The Rake

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Kelly The Rake"Kelly The RakeJig352352352357533235255451235235235235753235333115131011113111513101303303121513101111311165316531053531035Book: O'Neill's 736

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ABC notation source
X:736
T:Kelly The Rake
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 736
R:Jig
K:Dmix
   gdB gdB | gdB g2 a | bag gfg | afd d^cd |
   gdB gdB | gdB g2 a | bag fga |1 g3 g2 z :|2 g2 =f2 z ||
K:Bb
|: fdB {c}BAB | fBB gBB | fdB {c}BAB | cAF FAc |
   fdB {c}BAB | fBB gBB | fba    gfe |1 dcB AGF :|2 dcB AFd |]
FAQ

Questions about Kelly The Rake

  • Kelly The Rake is in Dmix, in 6/8 time. The D mixolydian scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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