Apollonia (mandolin) tab by Soundtracks

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• Submitter: Apollonia93
• Tuning: Standard tuning

If you would like to see my video lesson: https://youtu.be/_ftVeag6vdE

Composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carlo Savina. Released on The Godfather OST in 1972 as track no. 9
`Apollonia`.

Same melody as `Love Theme From The Godfather` and it`s derrivatives `Speak Softly, Love`, `Brucia La Terra`,
`Parla Più Piano`, `Pale Plus Bas` and `Amor Háblame Dulcemente`. But a different arrangement.

This track includes a mandolin that I transcribed, while the guitar and clavietta play in the background.
The mandolin plays a continuous tremolo for every note. I made a conscious choice to mostly play up and down
the neck, rather than playing across the strings at every opportunity, as this is what I am hearing on the
recording. It also makes playing the tremolo smoother. Standard tuning GDae.

Original release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BWO9PUm3Vk

 [0:01 Guitar, 0:02 Mandolin with cont. tremolo]

e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
a|-----5--8--7--5--8--5--7--5------------|----5--8--7h8p7--5--8--5--7--5-----------|
D MajorD|--7--------------------------8--10--7--|-7------------------------------7--6--5--|
G+G|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


e|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
a|--------4--7----------4--5--|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5--8----------5--8--------|---------10--8--7--10--8--8--7--7--------|
G+G|----------------------------|--7--10----------------------------6--7--|


 [0:32]

e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
a|--5--5--4--3----7--5--------|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------8--7--|--7--10--7--5----5--8--6--7--|
G+G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


 [0:47]

e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0--3--2--0--3--0--2--0-----------|-----0--3--2--0--3--0--2--0-----------|
G+G|--2--------------------------3--5--2--|--2--------------------------2--1--0--|


e|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------|-----------------------------------4--5--|
D MajorD|--------0--2----------------|---------10--8--7--10--8--8--7--7--------|
G+G|--0--3----------0--3--6--7--|--7--10----------------------------------|




Tab 🏷Legend:

continuous tremolo   rapid, fluid alternating up/down picking
h           hammer on
p           pull off

Apollonia (mandolin) tab

Mandolin transcription. GDae tuning. Composed by Nino Rota for 1972s The Godfather OST.