Key of G
The Rakes Of Mallow
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1814 T:The Rakes Of Mallow M:2/4 L:1/16 B:O'Neill's 1814 N:"collected by J. O'Neill" K:G .G2.B2 .G2.B2 | .G2.B2 cBAG | .F2.A2 .F2.A2 | .F2.A2 dcBA | .G2.B2 .G2.B2 | .G2.B2 .d2.B2 | cBAG FGAc | B2G2 G2 z2 | GBBB GBBB | GBBB cBAG | FAAA FAAA | FAAA dcBA | GBBB GBBB | GBBB d2B2 | cBAG FGAc | B2G2 G2 z2 || g2fe .d2.c2 | .B2.c2 .d2.B2 | g2fe .d2.c2 | .B2.e2 A2 z2 | g2fe .d2.c2 | .B2.c2 .d2.B2 | cBAG FGAc | B2G2 G2 z2 | g2fe (de)dc | BABc dcBc | g2fe (de)dc | BABe A2(Bd) | g2fe (de)dc | BABc dcBd | cBAG FGAc | B2G2 G2 z2 |]
FAQ
Questions about The Rakes Of Mallow
The Rakes Of Mallow is in G, in 2/4 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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.