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About Merrily Kiss The Quaker

Merrily Kiss The Quaker is a two-part Irish slide in G major — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Slide, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 12/8
Range
D to b · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — sheet music

G major · 12/8

The notes

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

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

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Merrily Kiss The Quaker — tab

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

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|---|---0-2---2-3-0-2-----|---0-2-------0-0-0-----|---0-2---0-2-3-2-0-2-----|
D|-0-|-5-----5---------5-2-|-5-----0-2-5-------5-2-|-5-----5-------------5-2-|
G|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---0-2-0---------|-0-|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-------0-0-0---0-|
D|-5-------5-4-5-5-|---|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|-5-----0-2-5-------5---|
G|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|---|-3-3-5-5-7-5-3-0-----|
A|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-0---------|-5-|-----------------5-2-|
D|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|-5-------5-4-5-5-|---|---------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------|---|---------------------|
E|-3-3-3-5-7-5-5-5-3-2-|-3-3-2-2-0-3-0-------|-----------------|
A|---------------------|---------------5-2-0-|---0-2-0---------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|-5-------5-4-5-5-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

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

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|---|---0-2---2-3-0-2-----|---0-2-------0-0-0-----|---0-2---0-2-3-2-0-2-----|
D|-0-|-5-----5---------5-2-|-5-----0-2-5-------5-2-|-5-----5-------------5-2-|
G|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---0-2-0---------|-0-|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-------0-0-0---0-|
D|-5-------5-4-5-5-|---|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|-5-----0-2-5-------5---|
G|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|---|-3-3-5-5-7-5-3-0-----|
A|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-0---------|-5-|-----------------5-2-|
D|---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|-5-------5-4-5-5-|---|---------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------|---|---------------------|
E|-3-3-3-5-7-5-5-5-3-2-|-3-3-2-2-0-3-0-------|-----------------|
A|---------------------|---------------5-2-0-|---0-2-0---------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|-5-------5-4-5-5-|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

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

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|---|---0-1---1-L2-0-1-----|---0-1-------0-0-0-----|---0-1---0-1-L2-1-0-1-----|
D|-0-|-3-----3----------3-1-|-3-----0-1-3-------3-1-|-3-----3--------------3-1-|
G|---|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---0-1-0---------|-0-|-1-----0-----1-----0-----|---0-1-------0-0-0---0-|
D|-3-------3-2-3-3-|---|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|-3-----0-1-3-------3---|
G|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|---|-L2-L2-3-3-4-3-L2-0-----|
A|-1-----0-----1-----0-----|---0-1-0---------|-3-|--------------------3-1-|
D|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|-3-------3-2-3-3-|---|------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------|---|------------------------|
E|-L2-L2-L2-3-4-3-3-3-L2-1-|-L2-L2-1-1-0-L2-0-------|-----------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------3-1-0-|---0-1-0---------|
D|-------------------------|------------------------|-3-------3-2-3-3-|
G|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|

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

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|---|-----0---0-1---0-----|-----0-----------------|-----0-----0-1-0---0-----|
G|---|-0-2---0-----2---0---|-0-2-------0-2-2-2-0---|-0-2---0-2-------2---0---|
D|-0-|-------------------2-|-------0-2-----------2-|-----------------------2-|
A|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|---|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
e|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----0-----------|---|-0-----------0-----------|-----0-----------------|
G|-0-2---2-0---0-0-|-2-|---0-0-2-0-0---0-0-2-0-0-|-0-2-------0-2-2-2-0-2-|
D|-----------4-----|---|-------------------------|-------0-2-------------|
A|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-----------------------|
e|-------------------------|-----------------|---|-3-3-5-5-7-5-3-0-----|
B|-0-----------0-----------|-----0-----------|-3-|-----------------3-0-|
G|---0-0-2-0-0---0-0-2-0-0-|-0-2---2-0---0-0-|---|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------4-----|---|---------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------|---|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|---|---------------------|
e|-3-3-3-5-7-5-5-5-3-2-|-3-3-2-2-0-3-0-------|-----------------|
B|---------------------|---------------3-0---|-----0-----------|
G|---------------------|-------------------2-|-0-2---2-0---0-0-|
D|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4-----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

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

Merrily Kiss The Quaker — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---|---0-2---2-3-0-2-----|---0-2-------0-0-0-----|---0-2---0-2-3-2-0-2-----|
E|---|-------------------0-|---------0-----------0-|-----------------------0-|
C|-2-|---------------------|-------2---------------|-------------------------|
G|---|-0-----0---------0---|-0---------0-------0---|-0-----0-------------0---|
A|---0-2-0---------|-0-|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-------0-0-0---0-|
E|-----------2-----|---|-------------------------|---------0-------------|
C|-----------------|---|-------------------------|-------2---------------|
G|-0-------0---0-0-|---|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0---------0-------0---|
A|-2-----0-----2-----0-----|---0-2-0---------|-5-|-10-10-12-12-14-12-10-7-5-2-|
E|-------------------------|-----------2-----|---|----------------------------|
C|-------------------------|-----------------|---|----------------------------|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|-0-------0---0-0-|---|----------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-12-14-12-12-12-10-9-|-10-10-9-9-7-10-7-5-2-0-|---0-2-0---------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------2-----|
C|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------|-0-------0---0-0-|

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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