Fig for a Kiss
Fig for a Kiss is an Irish slip jig. Slips jigs are compound meter tunes in 9/8 time. This means they have nine eighths notes per measure. Due to the speed at which these tunes are usually played, it’s more common to feel the tune in three big beats rather than nine little beats: 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a instead of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
It is in E Dorian (E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D), and has some nice opportunities for G rolls in the B part.
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