jig · Key of Am

The Rakes of Clonmel

O’Neill 1903 no. 902

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Rakes of Clonmel."The Rakes of Clonmel.Jig0232052020002320053255502323023525235030520200055055053000023053532555211230531052523503052020003235450532350305202000205554573002323730525523235450102350305202000Book: O'Neill's 902Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill."

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X:902
T:The Rakes of Clonmel.
%:Boys of the Lough
B:O'Neill's 902
N:"collected by F. O'Neill."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:Am
(A/2B/2) | cBA GED | EAA A2B | cBA edc | BGG G2 (e/2^f/2) |
g^fg efg | dBG Bcd | ecA GED | EAA A2 :|
a | aea aed | cAA A2(e/2^f/2) | gea gdc | BGG G2 [fB] |
|1 gea gfe | dBG Bcd | ecA GED | EAA A2 :|2 cBc d^cd | edc Bcd | ecA GED | EAA A2||
|| B | Aaa a^ga | bge e2^f | g^fg bge | dBG G2B |
cBc d^cd | efe Bcd | ecA GED | EAA A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Rakes of Clonmel

  • The Rakes of Clonmel is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor 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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