Rakish Paddy — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Sheet Music

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About Rakish Paddy

Rakish Paddy is a two-part Irish reel in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — one for the more experienced, running from C to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key: A dorian (the notes of G major) · 4/4
Range: C to b · first position
Notes used: C C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level: One for the more experienced

Rakish Paddy — sheet music

A dorian (the notes of G major) · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

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Rakish Paddy — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Rakish Paddy — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---------|---------------|-----------0-2-0-|-----------------|
A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-3-|-0-5-5-4-5-------|-5-3-0-------0-2-|
D|---------|-------5-2-----|-----------------|-------5-4-5-----|
G|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----------|---------0-2-3-0-|-5-3-0-------|
D|---------|-------5-2-0---2-|-0-2-4-5---------|-------5-4-0-|
G|---------|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------|

E|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-0-3-3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-5-5-|-0-5-5-0-3---3-|
A|-------------|---------5-4-5-|-------------|-----------5---|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|

E|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-2-0-------0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2---0---|-------------|
A|-------------|-----5-4-5-------|-----------5---4-|-5-3-0-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-4-0-|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Rakish Paddy — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---------|---------------|-----------0-2-0-|-----------------|
A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-3-|-0-5-5-4-5-------|-5-3-0-------0-2-|
D|---------|-------5-2-----|-----------------|-------5-4-5-----|
G|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----------|---------0-2-3-0-|-5-3-0-------|
D|---------|-------5-2-0---2-|-0-2-4-5---------|-------5-4-0-|
G|---------|-------------5---|-----------------|-------------|

E|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-0-3-3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-5-5-|-0-5-5-0-3---3-|
A|-------------|---------5-4-5-|-------------|-----------5---|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|

E|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-2-0-------0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2---0---|-------------|
A|-------------|-----5-4-5-------|-----------5---4-|-5-3-0-------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-4-0-|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Rakish Paddy — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----------|------------------|-----------0-1-0-|------------------|
A|-L2-L2-0-1-|-L2-1-0-----L2-L2-|-0-3-3-2-3-------|-3-L2-0-------0-1-|
D|-----------|--------3-1-------|-----------------|--------3-2-3-----|
G|-----------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|

E|-----------|------------------|------------------|--------------|
A|-L2-L2-0-1-|-L2-1-0-----------|---------0-1-L2-0-|-3-L2-0-------|
D|-----------|--------3-1-0---1-|-0-1-2-3----------|--------3-2-0-|
G|-----------|--------------3---|------------------|--------------|

E|-0-L2-L2-3-L2-L2-|-0-L2-L2-0-------|-0-3-3-4-3-3-|-0-3-3-0-L2---L2-|
A|-----------------|-----------3-2-3-|-------------|------------3----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|

E|-0-L2-L2-3-L2-L2-|-1-0-------0-1-L2-|-3-1-L2-0-1---0---|--------------|
A|-----------------|-----3-2-3--------|------------3---2-|-3-L2-0-------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------3-2-0-|
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Rakish Paddy — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---------|---------------|-----------0-2-0-|-----------------|
B|-1-1---0-|-1-0-------1-1-|---3-3-2-3-------|-3-1-----------0-|
G|-----2---|-----2-0-------|-2---------------|-----2-0---0-2---|
D|---------|---------2-----|-----------------|---------4-------|
A|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-1-1---0-|-1-0-------------|-----------0-1---|-3-1---------|
G|-----2---|-----2-0---------|-------0-2-----2-|-----2-0-----|
D|---------|---------2-0---2-|-0-2-4-----------|---------4-0-|
A|---------|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

e|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-0-3-3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-5-5-|-0-5-5-0-3---3-|
B|-------------|---------3-2-3-|-------------|-----------3---|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|

e|-0-3-3-5-3-3-|-2-0-------0-2-3-|-5-2-3-0-2---0---|-------------|
B|-------------|-----3-2-3-------|-----------3---2-|-3-1---------|
G|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-0-----|
D|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-0-|
A|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Rakish Paddy — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----3-3-|-0-5-5-4-5-7-9-7-|-5-3-0-------0-2-|
E|---------|---------0-----|-----------------|---------2-------|
C|---------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------|-------0-------|-----------------|-------0---0-----|

A|-3-3-0-2-|-3-2-0-----------|---------0-2-3-0-|-5-3-0-------|
E|---------|---------0-----0-|---0-2-----------|---------2---|
C|---------|-----------2-0---|-2---------------|-----------2-|
G|---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0-----|

A|-7-10-10-12-10-10-|-7-10-10-7-5-4-5-|-7-12-12-14-12-12-|-7-12-12-7-10-5-10-|
E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
C|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|

A|-7-10-10-12-10-10-|-9-7-5-4-5-7-9-10-|-12-9-10-7-9-5-7-4-|-5-3-0-------|
E|------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------2---|
C|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------2-|
G|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------0-----|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.