slip jig · Key of D

The rakes of Westmeath

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The rakes of Westmeath"The rakes of WestmeathSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)0550542005550452024505450323245253252040Tenor Banjo5325230532520403232452532520405325230525304523232452Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 416
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X:416
T:The rakes of Westmeath
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 416
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
({A}d3) dAG FED|({A}d2)d dAF G2E|ABc dAG FGA|=cBc E2F G2E:|d2g fdf ece|
d2g fdf g2e|d2g fdf ece|=cBc E2F G2E|d2g fdf ece|d2g fdf g2e|afd gec d2B|=cBc E2F G2E|]
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Questions about The rakes of Westmeath

  • The rakes of Westmeath is in D, in 9/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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