About The Maids Of Mount Kisco
The Maids Of Mount Kisco is a three-part Irish reel in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — intermediate, running from D to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Reel, three parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- A dorian (the notes of G major) · 4/4
- Range
- D to b · first position
- Notes used
- D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Intermediate
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — 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
E A A B A A | E A A B G A G | E G G A G G | E G G E G D G E A A B A A G | E A A B A B d | e f♯ g e a f♯ g e | d B G B A G d B G B A d B | A B d B A B | G B G D G B G | A B d G B d e g g e d B | e d g e d B d | e a a b g a f♯ | g f♯ e d G A B d e a a b g a f♯ | g e d e g e g | a f♯ g e | d e d B G A B d e A A e f♯ g e | d B G B A B d | d B G B A G
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| A|---0-0-2-0-0-|---0-0-2---0---|-------0-----|---------------| D|-2-----------|-2-------5---5-|-2-5-5---5-5-|-2-5-5-2-5-0-5-| G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-0-2-3-0-5-2-3-0-|-------------| A|---0-0-2-0-0---|---0-0-2-0-2-5-|-----------------|-5-2---2-0---| D|-2-----------5-|-2-------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| A|-5-2---2-0-5-2-|-0-2-5-2-0-2-|---2-------2---|-0-2-5---2-5-| D|-----5---------|-------------|-5---5-0-5---5-|-------5-----| G|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-0-3-3-0-----|-0---3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------| A|---------5-2-|---5-----5-2-5-|---------------|-------5---0-2-5-| D|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------5-------| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-0---0-3-0-3-|-5-2-3-0-|---0-------------| A|---------------|-----5---------|---------|-5---5-2---0-2-5-| D|---------------|---------------|---------|---------5-------| G|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------------|
E|-0-----0-2-3-0-|---------------|-------------| A|---0-0---------|-5-2---2-0-2-5-|-5-2---2-0---| D|---------------|-----5---------|-----5-----5-| G|---------------|---------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| A|---0-0-2-0-0-|---0-0-2---0---|-------0-----|---------------| D|-2-----------|-2-------5---5-|-2-5-5---5-5-|-2-5-5-2-5-0-5-| G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-0-2-3-0-5-2-3-0-|-------------| A|---0-0-2-0-0---|---0-0-2-0-2-5-|-----------------|-5-2---2-0---| D|-2-----------5-|-2-------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-| G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| A|-5-2---2-0-5-2-|-0-2-5-2-0-2-|---2-------2---|-0-2-5---2-5-| D|-----5---------|-------------|-5---5-0-5---5-|-------5-----| G|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-0-3-3-0-----|-0---3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------| A|---------5-2-|---5-----5-2-5-|---------------|-------5---0-2-5-| D|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------5-------| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-0---0-3-0-3-|-5-2-3-0-|---0-------------| A|---------------|-----5---------|---------|-5---5-2---0-2-5-| D|---------------|---------------|---------|---------5-------| G|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------------|
E|-0-----0-2-3-0-|---------------|-------------| A|---0-0---------|-5-2---2-0-2-5-|-5-2---2-0---| D|---------------|-----5---------|-----5-----5-| G|---------------|---------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| A|---0-0-1-0-0-|---0-0-1---0---|-------0-----|---------------| D|-1-----------|-1-------3---3-|-1-3-3---3-3-|-1-3-3-1-3-0-3-| G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-0-1-L2-0-3-1-L2-0-|-------------| A|---0-0-1-0-0---|---0-0-1-0-1-3-|-------------------|-3-1---1-0---| D|-1-----------3-|-1-------------|-------------------|-----3-----3-| G|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| A|-3-1---1-0-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-|---1-------1---|-0-1-3---1-3-| D|-----3---------|-------------|-3---3-0-3---3-|-------3-----| G|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-0-L2-L2-0-----|-0---L2-0-------|-0-3-3-4-L2-3-1-|-L2-1-0-----------| A|-----------3-1-|---3------3-1-3-|----------------|--------3---0-1-3-| D|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-------| G|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
E|-0-3-3-4-L2-3-1-|-L2-0---0-L2-0-L2-|-3-1-L2-0-|---0-------------| A|----------------|------3-----------|----------|-3---3-1---0-1-3-| D|----------------|------------------|----------|---------3-------| G|----------------|------------------|----------|-----------------|
E|-0-----0-1-L2-0-|---------------|-------------| A|---0-0----------|-3-1---1-0-1-3-|-3-1---1-0---| D|----------------|-----3---------|-----3-----3-| G|----------------|---------------|-------------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| B|-------0-----|-------0-------|-------------|---------------| G|---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---0-2-0-|---0-0-2-0-0-|---0-0---0---0-| D|-2-----------|-2-------------|-2-----------|-2-----2---0---| A|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
e|---------------|---------------|-0-2-3-0-5-2-3-0-|-------------| B|-------0-------|-------0---0-3-|-----------------|-3-0---0-----| G|---2-2---2-2-0-|---2-2---2-----|-----------------|-----0---2-0-| D|-2-------------|-2-------------|-----------------|-------------| A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------| E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
e|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| B|-3-0---0---3-0-|---0-3-0---0-|---0-------0---|---0-3---0-3-| G|-----0---2-----|-2-------2---|-0---0---0---0-|-2-----0-----| D|---------------|-------------|-------0-------|-------------| A|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| E|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
e|-0-3-3-0-----|-0---3-0-------|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-2-0-----------| B|---------3-0-|---3-----3-0-3-|---------------|-------3-----0-3-| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------0-2-----| D|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| A|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| E|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
e|-0-5-5-7-3-5-2-|-3-0---0-3-0-3-|-5-2-3-0-|---0-------------| B|---------------|-----3---------|---------|-3---3-0-----0-3-| G|---------------|---------------|---------|---------0-2-----| D|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------------| A|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------------| E|---------------|---------------|---------|-----------------|
e|-0-----0-2-3-0-|---------------|-------------| B|---------------|-3-0---0---0-3-|-3-0---0-----| G|---2-2---------|-----0---2-----|-----0---2-0-| D|---------------|---------------|-------------| A|---------------|---------------|-------------| E|---------------|---------------|-------------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
The Maids Of Mount Kisco — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|---0-0-2-0-0-|---0-0-2---0---|-------0-----|---------------| E|-0-----------|-0-------------|-0-----------|-0-----0-------| C|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------2---| G|-------------|---------0---0-|---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0---0-|
A|---0-0-2-0-0---|---0-0-2-0-2-5-|-7-9-10-7-12-9-10-7-|-5-2---2-0---| E|-0-------------|-0-------------|--------------------|-------------| C|---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------| G|-------------0-|---------------|--------------------|-----0-----0-|
A|-5-2---2-0-5-2-|-0-2-5-2-0-2-|---2-------2---|-0-2-5---2-5-| E|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------| C|---------------|-------------|-------2-------|-------------| G|-----0---------|-------------|-0---0---0---0-|-------0-----|
A|-7-10-10-7-5-2-|-7-5-10-7-5-2-5-|-7-12-12-14-10-12-9-|-10-9-7-5---0-2-5-| E|---------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------| C|---------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------| G|---------------|----------------|--------------------|----------0-------|
A|-7-12-12-14-10-12-9-|-10-7-5-7-10-7-10-|-12-9-10-7-|-5-7-5-2---0-2-5-| E|--------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------| C|--------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------------| G|--------------------|------------------|-----------|---------0-------|
A|-7-0-0-7-9-10-7-|-5-2---2-0-2-5-|-5-2---2-0---| E|----------------|---------------|-------------| C|----------------|---------------|-------------| G|----------------|-----0---------|-----0-----0-|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More reels and tunes like it
This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.