hornpipe · Key of G

Rick's rambles

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Rick's rambles"Rick's ramblesHornpipeanon. (Ireland)333024545020245205450353205323535053040545052532320545035320532405533235323052502024054205523024520545040502452523205450353205324055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 940

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X:940
T:Rick's rambles
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 940
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3(DEF)|G(FGA) B(DEF)|GBA(G FG)Ac|dgf(e dc)Bc|(3(dcd) (ed) cAFA|G(FGA) GB (3(dcB)|(cBA)(G FG)Ac|d(gfe d)cEF|A2G2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dcB(c ed)BG|(3(ABA) (EF) A(GFE)|DddB cAEF|GB (3(AGF) (GD)B,D|G(DEF) GBdB|cBA(G FG)Ac|d(gfe) dcEF|A2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Rick's rambles

  • Rick's rambles is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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