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The Kitchen Girl — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About The Kitchen Girl

The Kitchen Girl is a three-part old-time fiddle reel in A mixolydian (it uses the notes of D major) — intermediate, running from E to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, three parts, each usually played twice
Key
A mixolydian (the notes of D major) · 4/4
Range
E to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G G♯ A B
Level
Intermediate

The Kitchen Girl — sheet music

A mixolydian (the notes of D 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

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

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The Kitchen Girl — tab

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

The Kitchen Girl — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

The Kitchen Girl — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

The Kitchen Girl — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

The Kitchen Girl — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

The Kitchen Girl — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-4-2-|-7-9-7-5-4-0-4-5-|-7-4-7-9-10-12-14-12-|-11-7-7-7-9-|
E|-----|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
C|-----|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
G|-----|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
A|-4-2-|-7-9-7-5-4-0-4-5-|-7-9-10-5-7-9-7-5-|-4-0-0-7-9-|
E|-----|-----------------|------------------|-----------|
C|-----|-----------------|------------------|-----------|
G|-----|-----------------|------------------|-----------|
A|-4-0-0-0-2-|-4-0-4-2-0---2-|-0-2-0---------|-0-2-4-5-|
E|-----------|---------------|---------0-0---|---------|
C|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
G|-----------|-----------0---|-------0-----0-|---------|
A|-2-2-|-4-2-0-4-2-0---2-|-0-2-0-------0-2-|-4-0-4-2-0---2-|
E|-----|-----------------|---------0-------|---------------|
C|-----|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----|-------------0---|-------0---0-----|-----------0---|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-12-14-12-9-10-12-10-10-|-7-9-7-5-4-5-7-9-|
E|-------------|---------|------------------------|-----------------|
C|-------------|---------|------------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------|------------------------|-----------------|
A|-10-5-7-9-7-5-|-4-0-0-7-10-|-4-0-0-0-|
E|--------------|------------|---------|
C|--------------|------------|---------|
G|--------------|------------|---------|

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

The Kitchen Girl chords

A mixolydian (the notes of D major) · 4 chords: A, G, E, Am

A G
A
A G
E
A G
A
A E
A
A
Am G
Am
Am
E
Am G
Am
Am E
Am
Am
A G
A
A E
A
A

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for The Kitchen Girl

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

A×GEAm×

Ukulele chords for The Kitchen Girl

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

AGEAm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for The Kitchen Girl

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

AGEAm

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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