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About A Fig For A Kiss

A Fig For A Kiss is a two-part Irish slip jig in E dorian (it uses the notes of D major) — intermediate, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Slip jig, two parts
Key
E dorian (the notes of D major) · 9/8
Range
D to g · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

A Fig For A Kiss — sheet music

E dorian (the notes of D major) · 9/8

The notes

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

G B E B B A G | F♯ A D A A G F♯ | G B E B B A G | B C♯ d B A G F♯ D E F♯ G B E B B A G | F♯ A D A A G F♯ | G B E B B A G | B C♯ d B A G F♯ E g e g e e d B | f♯ d d C♯ d f♯ e d | g e g e e d B | d B G G B d e f♯ g e g e e d B | f♯ d d C♯ d f♯ e d | g f♯ e f♯ e d e C♯ A | B C♯ d B A G F♯ E F♯

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A Fig For A Kiss — tab

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

A Fig For A Kiss — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

A Fig For A Kiss — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

A Fig For A Kiss — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

A Fig For A Kiss — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

A Fig For A Kiss — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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