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Rambling Rake, The

Also known as An Racaire Fanac

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Rambling Rake"The Rambling RakeAn Racaire Fanac"collected by Hartnett"332060242450200545554055540542066060242450204545262505240033502045402045422452544224525475420245754202457545754200242020454020542024542405420660602424502045452625052400Book: O'Neill's 1785Source: 1781 O'Neill's Music of Ireland

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X:1785
T:Rambling Rake, The
T:An Racaire Fanac
C:"collected by Hartnett"
S:1781 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
B:O'Neill's 1785
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
E2|AGAB cBcd|efeA d2 g-e|(3ddd ge (3ddd ge|dcBA G2 G2|
AGAB cBcd|efec d2 g-e|dBGB dedB|c2 A2 A2:|
d2|efec d2 g2|efec d2 g2|(3ffg af dg g2|(3ffg af d2 g-a|
bagf efga|bagf efga|baga bagf|~e-def g2 f-g|
efec d2 g2|efed c2 B-c|ABcd gfge|dcBA G2 G2|
AGAB cBcd|efec d2 g-e|dBGB dedB|c2 A2 A2|]
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Questions about Rambling Rake, The

  • Rambling Rake, The is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.