Tabs
I hereby unleash upon you The Mad Brit's own transcription of Bouree, form
Leo's immortal album, Mudlark. This is another Bach tune, incidentally.
Patrick R. Schwemmer
[email protected]
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`Bourree' TABLATURE
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Tuning: Standard, concert pitch.
Instrument: 6-string (nylon-strung) guitar.
Recording Source: `Mudlark' LP, by Leo Kottke.
Transcription and Tabulature: Phil "The Mad Brit" Andrews
Playing indications:
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H - hammer (upward slur) i - RH index finger
P - pull (downward slur) m - RH middle finger
S - slide to next note (glissando) a - RH ring finger
. - lift slide, damp strings Th - RH thumb
-S- - move SLIDE to next position,
notes sound on.
~ - finger vibrato
W - bend up to fret-pitch shown 1 - LH index finger
R - release bend to fret-pitch shown 2 - LH middle finger
TS - Thumb-strum the chord downwards 3 - LH ring finger
Arp - Arpeggiate the chord 4 - RH little finger
Har - Harmonic at fret shown
Notes:
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The tune consists of two sections - each section is played twice.
The complete, suggested left-hand fingering is included for
guidance,
as the piece is quite tightly structured.
What you see below is an exact, note-for-note translation of this
piece from standard notation.
First Section:
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2 1 2 1 4 1
1 1
-e'|------------------------0---2---|3-------2---0-----------0---2---|
-b |--------------------------------|----------------4---------------|
-g |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-A |--------------------------------|--------0-------2-------0-------|
-E |------------------------3---2---|0-------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1 4 4 4 1 2 4 2
2 1 2 3 1
-e'|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-b |0-------2---4---5-------3---1---|0-------------------------------|
-g |--------------------------------|--------2---0-----------0---2---|
-D |--------------------------------|----------------4(sustain ->)---|
-A |--------------------------------|--------0-------2-------0-------|
-E |3-------2-------0-------2-------|3-------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
2 4 2 1 2 1 4 1
3 1 1 3 1 1
-e'|------------------------0---2---|3-------2---0-----------0---2---|
-b |0--------------------------(2)--|----------------4---------------|
-g |----2---0------------------(2)--|--------------------------------|
-D |------------4---2----------(2)--|--------------------------------|
-A |--------2------------------(2)--|--------0-------2-------0-------|
-E |3---------------0---2---3---2---|0-------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1 4 4 4 1 2 2
2 1 2 3 3 3 3
-e'|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-b |0-------2---4---5-------3---1---|0-------------------------------|
-g |--------------------------------|--------2---0---------------0---|
-D |--------------------------------|----------------4---------------|
-A |--------------------------------|--------3-------5-------5-------|
-E |3-------2-------0-------2-------|3-------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1
TS 3 1
-e'|------------------------0---2---|
-b |--------------------------------|
-g |---0----------------------------| (Final bar, 1st time leads
-D |--0-----------------------------| back to second bar of
-A |-2------------------------------| 1st section)
-E |3-----------------------3---2---|
| | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&---
TS 2
-e'|--------------------------------|
-b |------------------------0-------|
-g |---0------------------------0---| (Final bar, 2nd time leads
-D |--0-----------------------------| straight into 2nd section)
-A |-2------------------------------|
-E |3-----------------------3-------|
| | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&---
Second section:
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4 3 1 4 4 3 1 3 3 1
2 2 1 3 1 2 2
-e'|------------------------3-------|--------------------------------|
-b |3-----------1---0-----------3---|5-----------3-------------------|
-g |--------2-----------------------|--------4-------5-------4----2--|
-D |--------0-----------------------|------------------------0-------|
-A |------------------------2-------|3-------------------------------|
-E |2---------------3---------------|--------4-------5---------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1 2 1 3 4
2 2 3 2 4 2 3
-e'|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-b |------------0---1-------0-------|------------------------3-------|
-g |1-------2-------------------2---|2---------------------------2---|
-D |2---------------2---------------|------------------------0-------|
-A |--------0-----------------------|0---2---0-----------------------|
-E |------------------------0-------|------------3---2(sustain --->)-|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
4 1 3 3 4 4 3
2 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1
-e'|--------3-----------------------|--------5-----------------------|
-b |0-----------3---5-----------3---|------------5---7-----------5---|
-g |------------------------4-------|5-----------------------6-------|
-D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-A |--------2-------3---------------|--------4-------5---------------|
-E |3-----------------------4-------|5-----------------------6-------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
3 2 3 4 3
2 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 1
-e'|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
-b |------------0---------------0---|0---------------------------7---|
-g |7-------6-------3---------------|--------------------------------|
-D |----------------4---------------|--------------------------------|
-A |--------7-----------------------|----------------6-------6-------|
-E |7-----------------------2-------|S7--6---7---9-------------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 1
1 1 1 3 3 1 3
-e'|------------0---5-----------3---|--------0-------------------1---|
-b |9~------7---------------5-------|7~--------------8-------3-------|
-g |--------------------------------|------------7-------------------|
-D |--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
-A |7~------5-------4-------0-------|--------------------------------|
-E |--------------------------------|--------8-------7-------3-------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
4 4 4 1 3 4 4
1 1 2 1 2 1 3
-e'|--------5-------2-----------0---|------------------------0-------|
-b |5-----------5-----------2-------|4---------------------------0---|
-g |--------------------------------|--------4-----------------------|
-D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-A |3-------2-------0---------------|2-----------3---2---0-----------|
-E |------------------------2-------|------------------------4-------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1 4 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1
2 2 3 2 1 3
-e'|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-b |1-------3-------0-------1-------|--------------------------------|
-g |------------2---------------0---|2-------4-------0---------------|
-D |----2---0-----------1---2-------|------------4-----------4---2---|
-A |0-------------------------------|----4---5---------------0-------|
-E |----------------3---------------|2---------------0---------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
1 1 3(hold) 3 4 3 1 1
2 1
-e'|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-b |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-g |----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
-D |1-------2---4-------4H5P4---2---|2~(sustain --->)----------------|
-A |2-------0-------2(sustain --->)-|--------------------------------|
-E |--------------------------------|0-(sustain --->)----------------|
| | | | | | | |
----&-------&-------&-------&--- ----&-------&-------&-------&---
end.
