Key of G

The Rambling Laborer

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Rambling Laborer"The Rambling Laborer0523205052245550235205232050524540024555250235252502323052520542454002455Book: O'Neill's 299Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X: 299
T: The Rambling Laborer
B: O'Neill's 299
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K:G
e \
| dB c/B/A/G/ | AG E(E/F/) | GG G/A/B/c/ | d2 Be \
| dB c/B/A/G/ | AG E(F/G/) | FA D(E/F/) | G2 G ||
| d \
| Bd ef | gd BG | Bd ef | g2 fg \
| ed BG | B/A/G/F/ E(F/G/) | FA D(E/F/) | G2 G ||
FAQ

Questions about The Rambling Laborer

  • The Rambling Laborer 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.