Tiger Rag — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Chords

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About Tiger Rag

Tiger Rag is a rag in B♭ major — intermediate, running from D to f and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Rag
Key: B♭ major · 2/2
Range: D to f · first position
Notes used: C D♭ D E♭ E F F♯ G A B♭ B
Level: Intermediate

Tiger Rag — sheet music

B♭ major · 2/2

The notes

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

B♭ B♭ | B♭ d | B♭ B♭ | B♭ d B♭ B♭ | B♭ d | A A | A F A A | A C | A A | A C A A | A C | B♭ D E♭ E | F F F♯ G A B♭ B♭ | B♭ d | B♭ B♭ | B♭ d B♭ | B♭ B♭ C C B♭ C | B♭ | d♭ d♭ d♭ B♭ | d d | d B | d C B♭ C d f f d♭ | B♭

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Tiger Rag — tab

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

Tiger Rag — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-0-0-|-0---|
D|-----|-----|-----|---3-|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-0-0-|-0-3-|-0-0-|-0-3-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

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

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|---|-------------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-1-|-4-4-|
D|---|-------------|---|-----|
G|---|-------------|---|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
A|-4-1-|-5-5-|-5-2-|-5-3-1-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-------|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|

E|-----1-1---|---|
A|-3-5-----4-|-1-|
D|-----------|---|
G|-----------|---|

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

Tiger Rag — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-0-0-|-0---|
D|-----|-----|-----|---3-|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-0-0-|-0-3-|-0-0-|-0-3-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

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

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E|---|-------------|---|-----|
A|-1-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-1-|-4-4-|
D|---|-------------|---|-----|
G|---|-------------|---|-----|

E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
A|-4-1-|-5-5-|-5-2-|-5-3-1-|
D|-----|-----|-----|-------|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|

E|-----1-1---|---|
A|-3-5-----4-|-1-|
D|-----------|---|
G|-----------|---|

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

Tiger Rag — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-------|------|-------|------|
A|-L1-L1-|-L1-3-|-L1-L1-|-L1-3-|
D|-------|------|-------|------|
G|-------|------|-------|------|

E|-------|------|-----|------|
A|-L1-L1-|-L1-3-|-0-0-|-0----|
D|-------|------|-----|---L2-|
G|-------|------|-----|------|

E|-----|------|-----|------|
A|-0-0-|-0-L2-|-0-0-|-0-L2-|
D|-----|------|-----|------|
G|-----|------|-----|------|

E|-----|------|-----------|-------------|
A|-0-0-|-0-L2-|-L1--------|-----------0-|
D|-----|------|----0-L1-1-|-L2-L2-2-3---|
G|-----|------|-----------|-------------|

E|-------|------|-------|------|
A|-L1-L1-|-L1-3-|-L1-L1-|-L1-3-|
D|-------|------|-------|------|
G|-------|------|-------|------|

E|----|-------------------|----|-----|
A|-L1-|-L1-L1-L2-L2-L1-L2-|-L1-|-2-2-|
D|----|-------------------|----|-----|
G|----|-------------------|----|-----|

E|------|-----|-----|---------|
A|-2-L1-|-3-3-|-3-1-|-3-L2-L1-|
D|------|-----|-----|---------|
G|------|-----|-----|---------|

E|------L1-L1---|----|
A|-L2-3-------2-|-L1-|
D|--------------|----|
G|--------------|----|

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

Tiger Rag — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|-----|---3-|-----|---3-|
G|-3-3-|-3---|-3-3-|-3---|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|-----|---3-|-----|-----|
G|-3-3-|-3---|-2-2-|-2---|
D|-----|-----|-----|---3-|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|-----|---1-|-----|---1-|
G|-2-2-|-2---|-2-2-|-2---|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|

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

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|-----|---3-|-----|---3-|
G|-3-3-|-3---|-3-3-|-3---|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|

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

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

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

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

Tiger Rag — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
C|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-0-0-|-0---|
E|-----|-----|-----|---1-|
C|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

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

A|-0-0-|-0-3-|-1-------|---------0-|
E|-----|-----|-------0-|-1-1-2-----|
C|-----|-----|---2-3---|-----------|
G|-----|-----|---------|-------0---|

A|-1-1-|-1-5-|-1-1-|-1-5-|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
C|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|

A|-1-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-1-|-4-4-|
E|---|-------------|---|-----|
C|---|-------------|---|-----|
G|---|-------------|---|-----|

A|-4-1-|-5-5-|-5-2-|-5-3-1-|
E|-----|-----|-----|-------|
C|-----|-----|-----|-------|
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|

A|-3-5-8-8-4-|-1-|
E|-----------|---|
C|-----------|---|
G|-----------|---|

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

Tiger Rag chords

B♭ major · 9 chords: B♭, F7, B♭7, E♭, E♭7, Edim, B♭/F, G7, C7

B♭

B♭7

E♭

E♭7

Edim

B♭/F

B♭

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like B♭/F means play B♭ with F as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Tiger Rag

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

Ukulele chords for Tiger Rag

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Tiger Rag

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.