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The rambling rake

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The rambling rake"The rambling rakeLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)3320502323502035305553055530532055050232350203530525250523003350203530203532235253322352535753202357532023575357532050232302035302053230235323053205505023235020353052525052300Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 959

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ABC notation source
X:959
T:The rambling rake
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 959
R:Long dance, set dance
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:Ador
E2|AGAB cBcd|efec d2(ge)|(3ddd ge (3ddd ge|dcBA G2G2|AGAB cBcd|efec d2(ge)|dBGB dedB|c2A2A2:|
d2|efec d2g2|efec d2g2|(3ffg af dgg2|(3ffg af d2(ga)|bagf efga|bagf efga|baga bagf|(Ted)ef g2(fg)|
efec d2g2|efed c2(Bc)|ABcd gfge|dcBA G2G2|AGAB cBcd|efec d2(ge)|dBGB dedB|c2A2A2|]
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Questions about The rambling rake

  • The rambling rake is in Ador, in C time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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 set dance, written in C.

  • 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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