slip jig · Key of Em

A fig for a kiss

O’Neill 1907 no. 443

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "A fig for a kiss"A fig for a kissSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)5222205400005452222052352054230300522550520530300525255250230300522550520530250522520542Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 443

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X:443
T:A fig for a kiss
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 443
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Em
G2B E2B BAG|F2A D2A AGF|G2B E2B BAG|(B/c/d).B AGF E3:|g2e g2e edB|
f2d ded fed|g2e g2e edB|dBG GBd e2f|g2e g2e edB|f2d ded fed|g2e f2d edB|BdB AGF E3|]
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Questions about A fig for a kiss

  • A fig for a kiss is in Em, in 9/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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