jig · Key of F
Stack the Rags
O’Neill 1903 no. 989
Also known as Cruac Suas Na Giobaltde
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:989 T:Stack the Rags T:Cruac Suas Na Giobaltde R:double jig C:"collected by F.O'Neill" S:989 O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:Fermata at end of first 8 bars N:a tilde has been used to denote a trill N:transcription error in original, line 4, bar 4, note 1 B:O'Neill's 989 M:6/8 K:F d|cAG G2 ^F|D2-G G3|cAG G2 G|f3 e2 d| |cAG ~G2 ^F|D2-G G3|^F2 G A2 B|c3 d3| |G2 g g3|^faf g3|d2 g g2 e|f3 e2 d| |G2 g g3|^faf g3|aba a2 g|f3 d2 c| |d2 g g3|^faf g3|d2 g g2 e|f3 f2 g| |agf gfe|fed f2 d| cBA A2 A|f3 e2|
FAQ
Questions about Stack the Rags
Stack the Rags is in F, in 6/8 time.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
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.