jig · Key of D

Rub the Bag

O’Neill 1903 no. 1795

Also known as Cumuil an Mala

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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 "Rub the Bag"Rub the BagCumuil an Mala552054204042422525422521255205420404020040000400255055020205232322457553232235320020520542040524225222252545205420404020040005Book: O'Neill's 1795Source: 1795 O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:Either the last note or the rest in the second ending of the first partshould be 2 beats long.

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X:1795
T:Rub the Bag
T:Cumuil an Mala
S:1795 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:Either the last note or the rest in the second ending of the first part
N:should be 2 beats long.
B:O'Neill's 1795
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
d2 d fed|cBA cec|BcB fdB|dcB fdB|
d2 d fed|cBA cec|ABA ecA|1A/-B/-cA ecA:|2A/-B/-cB d z|
|:ded def|efe dfg|fgf f2 ^g|aba a2 g|
fgf fga|gfe efe|~d3 fed|cBA ced|
BcB fdB|B/-c/-dB fdB|~dcd fed|cBA cec|
ABA ecA|A/-B/-cA d3:|
FAQ

Questions about Rub the Bag

  • Rub the Bag is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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