jig · Key of Em

The Unfortunate Rake

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Unfortunate Rake"The Unfortunate Rake22000235320542000232620220002353205450224505424522205404054502245054245222054040252050520542Book: O'Neill's 970Notes:"Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:970
T:The Unfortunate Rake
N:"Collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 970
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
B|Bee efg|dcB AGF|Eee efg|f^df e2E|
Eee efg|dcB AGF|GAB B^cd|AGF E2:|
F|GBB B>AG|FDF A>GF|GAB B^cd|AGF E2F|
GBB B>AG|FDF ABd|f>ed edB|A>GF E2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Unfortunate Rake

  • The Unfortunate Rake is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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