set dance · Key of D

Rub the bag

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Rub the bag"Rub the bagLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)5520542040424225254225255205420404020040Tenor Banjo120240040024055055020200232322457553232235320020Tenor Banjo5205420404242252245225254520542040402004002405Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 968
ABC notation source
X:968
T:Rub the bag
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 968
R:Long dance, set dance
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
m:~n3 = n (3n/o/n/ (3m/n/-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
d2d fed|cBA cec|BcB fdB|dcB fdB|d2d fed|cBA cec|ABA ecA|
[1(A/B/c)A ecA:|[2(A/B/c)A d2 z|:ded def|efe efg|fgf f2^g|aba a2g|fgf fga|gfe efe|
~d3 fed|cBA cec|BcB fdB|(B/c/d)B fdB|Mdcd fed|cBA cec|ABA ecA|A/B/cA d2|]
FAQ

Questions about Rub the bag

  • Rub the bag is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 set dance, written in 6/8.

  • 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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