set dance · Key of Ador
The rambling rake
Irish tenor banjo tab
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|]
FAQ
Questions about The rambling rake
The rambling rake is in Ador, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.