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Mood For A Day by Steve Howe

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Mood for a Day
                 --------------

                    by
                  Steve Howe

                 transcribed in
            Guitar for the Practicing Musician
               Collector's Yearbook
                 Summer 1988
               The Acoustic Classics


                 SYMBOLS

     h    hammer-on        |    quarter note
     p    pull-off        |+   dotted quarter note
     /    slide          }    quarter rest
     {    roll          `/   eighth rest
     ///   tremolo picking     "/   sixteenth rest


 Vivace qtr = 138        _________________________________________
 * = Gently tap guitar face   |1.         |2.
                |          |
 3 Chord diagramG/DG/D  F#/C#    2 Chord diagramG/DG/D   |4 F#7/C#     3|4 F#7/C#
 -     ___    -     |-_______  __  -|-___  __  _____
 4     | |    4     |4| | | | `/ | | 4|4| | `/ | `/ | | |
||--3-3-3-3-2---|-----|-3-3-3-3-|-0-0---0----0--0--||-0-0----0-----0-0---|
||--3-3-3-3-2---|-o^/-|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2---2----2--2--||-2-2----2-----2-2---|
||@-4-4-4-4-3-*-|--/--|-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-X-3----3--3-@||-3-3----3-----3-3---|
||@-5-5-5-5-4---|-/^o-|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4---4----4--4-@||-4-4----4-----4-4-4-|
||--5-5-5-5-4---|-----|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4---4----4--4--||-4-4----4-----4-4---|
||--------------|-----|---------|------------------||--------------------|
  |_| |_|       |_| |_|



3        s/ Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramA augmentedA        6 Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramG/BG/B  F#/A#
-  __ ___ ___ /s ___ ___ ___  ___ ======= ___ - _____ _____  _____  __
4 `/ | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | |  | | | | |
|-------------3-||-2-2---2---2-|--------h-p------|--------h--0-|-----------|
|---------2-3---||---3-3-3-3---|-2-3-5-2-3-2-----|-3-2-0-2-3---|-3-2-0-2---|
|----3--4-------||---4-4-4-4---|-------------4-2-|-------------|-----------|
|--5------------||-----4-4-4---|-----------------|-------------|---------4-|
|---------------||-2---2---2---|-0---------------|-------------|-2-----1---|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-3-----2-----|-----------|
  |+   `/ }   |  |  |            | `/ |_ }  | `/ | `/


3        Chord diagramB minorBm      A(6)         6 Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF#F#
-                 ..3..       -
4  __ ___ ___  ___ ___ ___  ===-===== ======= ___ 8 _____ _____
 `/ | | | | |  | |^| |^| |  |h|h|p|p| | | | | | |  | | | | | |
|------------3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-3-5-3-2----h-p------|--------h--0-|
|--------2-3---|---3-3-3-3---|-----------5-2-3-2-----|-3-2-0-2-3---|
|---3--4-------|---4-4-4-4---|-------------------4-2-|-------------|
|-5------------|---4-4-4-4---|-----------------------|-------------|
|--------------|-2---2-------|-0---------------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-----------------------|-3-----2-----|
 |+   `/ }  |  |  |_`/             | `/ |_ }



    To coda 3        2   poco rit
 Chord diagramG/BG/B  F#/A# | -     .3.. - ..3..
 _____  __ -@- 4  __ ___ _ __ 4  __ =======  ======= =======
 | | | | |  |  `/ | | | | |    | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
|-------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0-2-----||----------2-3-0-|--2-----0-------|-----------------|
|-------------||-----3--4-------|-----3----2-3---|-0---------------|
|---------4---||---5------------|--------------4-|---2-4-0-2---0---|
|-2-----1-----||----------------|----------------|-----------4---2-|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 | `/ | `/    |+   `/ }  |



 ======= =======  ======= =======  ======= =======  ======= =======
 | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-1-2---1-----1-|-2---1-----1-2---|-2---1-----1-2---|-1-----1-2---1--h|
|-------3---2-3---|---3---2-3-----3-|---3---2-3-----3-|---2-3-----3---2-|



 ..3..                            fermata
 _____________ _______________ _______________ _______________
 ----- ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-|h----||
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0|2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0|--2--||



Allegretto qtr = 92
        Grad. pick closer to sound hole      Play over fingerboard
 Bm/D      Chord diagramE7E7       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramEm/GEm/G
 ---=== ===--  ---=== ===--  ---=== =======    ___  ---=== =======
 | | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------|----------------|
|-3--2-0-------|-3--2-0-------|-3--2-0---------|------p--|----------------|
|--------2-1---|--------2-1---|--------2-0-2-4-|-2---2-0-|-4--2-0-------0-|
|-0----------4-|------------4-|----------------|---0-----|-5------4-2-4---|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------|----------------|
|--------------|-0------------|-3--------------|---------|----------------|
 |+     `/                 `/ |.



 ..3..  ..3..   Chord diagramB minorBm Gm/Bb       Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramA/C#A/C# Chord diagramD/AD/A
 _______________
 =====-- =====--  __ ---=== ===--  ----===  =--   ---=== ===--
 | | | | | | | | `/ |  | | | | | |  |  | | "/ | |   | | | | | |
|-------------------{2-|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--h-p-p------------{3-|-3--1---------|-----------------|-{3--2-0-------|
|-2-4-2-0--h-p-p----{4-|------3-2-0---|(0)--------------|-{2------2-1---|
|---------2-4-2-0---{4-|------------0-|(0)--0-2----0-2--|-{0----------4-|
|-----------------2----|-1------------|(1)--1-3----1-4--|-{0------------|
|----------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
         |w/Nails                 |+    `/



 Chord diagramE7E7      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD/AD/A    Chord diagramEm/GEm/G                Chord diagramB minorBm
                            ..3..  ..3..
 --== ==--  ---== ====    __  --=== ========  =====-- =====--  __
 | || || |  | || ||||    | `/ | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | `/ |
|-----------|------------|----------|----------------|-------------------{2-|
|{3-20------|{3--20----0-|------3---|----------------|--h-p-p------------{3-|
|{1----21---|{0-----2020-|-2----2---|-4-2-0--------0-|-2-4-2-0--h-p-p----{4-|
|{2-------4-|{0-----0000-|-0--0-----|-5----54-2-4---|---------2-4-2-0---{4-|
|{2---------|{-----------|-0--------|----------------|-----------------2----|
|{0---------|{3----------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
              |_ |+                    |w/Nails


 Gm/Bb                        qtr+ = 84
         ..3.. ..3.. sim.          6
 --=== ===---  =====-===== =====-===== =====-===== -   ___
 | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 } } | |
|--------------|-5-3-5-3-----------------------------|-----2-4-||
|-3-1----------|---------6-5-3-----------------------|---------||
|-----3-2-0-{0-|(0)------------5-3-2-----------------|---------||
|-----------{0-|(0)------------------5-3-2-0---------|---------||
|-1------------|-----------------------------3-2-0---|---------||
|--------------|-----------------------------------3-|-2-------||



                      ____________________________
                      |1.     ||2.
  Chord diagramEsus4Esus4 Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramF#F#  Chord diagramB minorBm  | F#/A#   || F#/A# Bm/A#
  _____ _____  _____ _____  _____ _____ |    ___ || _____ _____
  |p| | |p| |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |+ `/ | | || | | | | | |
||--5-4-2-2-0---|-----0-------|--h--0-------|-------2-4--||-----0-------|
||------------3-|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2----------||-2-3---3-2-0-|
||@-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------@||-------------|
||@-2-----0-----|-------------|-------------|----4------@||-------4-----|
||--------------|-0-----------|-------2-----|-1----------||-1-----------|
||--------------|-------3-----|-2-----------|------------||-------------|
  |+  |+   |+  |+   | `/ | `/  |+ |+



 F#7/E Chord diagramB minorBm   Chord diagramF#7F#7+5          Chord diagramEsus4Esus4 Chord diagramD MajorD  rit Chord diagramC# minorC#m a tempo
 _____ _____  _____       ___  _____ ___ __       ==--
 | | | | | |  | | | |+  |+ `/ | |  |p| | |p| |   | `/ `/+ | |
|-----0-------|--h--0^(0)-|--------2-4-|-5-4-5-7-5-12-|-12-------10--9-|
|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2-3-3^(3)-|-{3---------|--------------|----------------|
|-------4-----|-3---3^(3)-|-{3---------|--------------|----------------|
|-2-----------|-----------|-{0---------|-2-----0------|----------------|
|-------------|-----///---|-{----------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-----------|-{2---------|--------------|--9-------------|
 |+  |+         Thumb     |+  |  `/  |+  }  `/



                      qtr = 86
  Chord diagramD MajorD     E7/G#   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramG+G   4 Chord diagramD MajorD
  --===--- _______  ==----==--- _____ - .....3..... ____
  |+ | | | | |  | `/ | | | | | 4 |p p p| p| ||||
|-14--12-10----------|-9------7--|-7-5---|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---|
|-----------15-14-12-|----------10-----8-|---|-|---|-----3-3-|
|--------------------|-------------0-----|---===--==------2--|
|--0-----------------|-7-----------------|-0-----------------|
|-----------11-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  |+    |+    | `/+  `/ |+
            ==



 Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9
 .....3..... ___ ===--  .....3..... ____  .....3..... ___ ===--
 |p p p| p| | | | | |  |p p p| p| ||||  |p p p| p| | | | | |
|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---h-p--|--5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---h-p---|
|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|----|-|---|-----3-3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0--|
|-0-===--==--------------|@---===--==------2--|-0-===--==--------------@|
|------------------------|@-0-----------------|------------------------@|
|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|



3 F#7/C#          4      rake 3   D.S. al Coda s/
- ___ ___ ___  ___ ___ ___ - _______   ___ -   __ ____ ____ /s
4 | | | | | |  | | | | | | 4 | | | | } | | 4 `/ | | | | |
|-{0-0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0-|-0-0---0-----0---|-----------------3-||
|-{2-2---2---2-|-2-2---2---2-|-2-2---2-----2---|-----------2--3----||
|-{3-3-X-3-X-3-|-3-3-X-3-X-3-|-3-3-X-3-----3---|-----3--4----------||
|-{4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4-----4-4-|--5----------------||
|-{4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4-----4---|-------------------||
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
                         |+    `/ }



Coda
 | 3           Chord diagramB minorBm       A(6)      Chord diagramG+G
-@- -   __ ____ ____  ___ ___ ____  ___ --=== ___  ___ ___ ___
 | 4 `/ | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | |p| | |  | | | | | |
  |-----------------3-|-2-2---2----2-|-2-3-5-3-2-----|-3-5-7-5-3-0-|
  |-----------2--3----|---3-3-3-3----|-----------5-3-|-------------|
  |-----3--4----------|---4-4-4-4----|---------------|-0-----------|
  |--5----------------|-----4-4-4----|---------------|-------------|
  |-------------------|-2---2---2----|-0-------------|-------------|
  |-------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
    |+    `/ }   |  |  |_ `/



6    Chord diagramF#F#  8 Chord diagramG/BG/B  F#/A#    6  Chord diagramEsus4Esus4 Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramF#F#  Chord diagramG/BG/B
- _____ _____ - _____ __   ___ -  _____ _____  _____ _____  _____ _____
8 | | | | | | 8 | | | | }  | | 8  |p| | |p| |  | | | | | |  | | | | | |
|--------h--0-|---------------2-4-||--5-4-2-2-0---|-------------|-----0-------|
|-3-2-0-2-3---|-3-2-0-2-----------||------------3-|-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-3---3-2-0-|
|-------------|-------------------||@-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------4-----||@-2-----0-----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-2-----1-----------||--------------|-0-----------|-------2-----|
|-3-----2-----|-------------------||--------------|-------3-----|-2-----------|
 | `/ |_ }  | `/ |_ `/ |+    | `/ |+   |+  |+   | `/ |_ }



_________________________
|1.     ||2.                           molto rit.
5 F#/A#  6|4 F#/A#   7 Chord diagramEsus4Esus4 Chord diagramD MajorD     6 Chord diagramC# minorC#m      Chord diagramD MajorD    E7/G#
-   ___ -|- __  ___ - _____ ___ ____ -    __  __ --==---  ______
8 | `/ | | 8|8 | `/ | | 8 |p| | |p| | | 8 | `/ | `/ |  |+ | | | | |
|------2-4--||-------2-4-|-5-4-5-7-5/12-12-|-12---10----9-|-14-12-10----------|
|-2---------||-2---------|-----------------|--------------|----------15-14-12-|
|----------@||-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|---/4-----@||----4------|-2-----0---------|--------------|--0----------------|
|-1---------||-1---------|-----------------|--------------|----------11-------|
|-----------||-----------|-----------------|--9-----------|-------------------|
 | |+    |_ |+    | `/       |+ }  `/  |+    |+



         Meno mosso qtr = 84
 Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG+G   4 Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9
 --==--- _____ - .....3..... _______  .....3..... ___ ===--
 |+ | | | | | 4 |p p p| p| | | | |  | p p| p| | | | | |
|-9--7----7-5---||-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|-5-5-3-2-2-0^(0)----h-p-|
|------10-----8-||---|-|---|------3---3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|
|---------0-----||---===--=|--------2---|-0-===--==--------------|
|-7-------------||-0--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------||----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------||----------------------|------------------------|
 |+   |+



 Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9          Chord diagramD MajorD
 ......3...... _______  .....3..... ___ ===--  ......3...... _______
 | p p p| p| | | | |  | p p| p| | | | | |  | p p p| p| | | | |
|-5-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|-5-5-3-2-2-0^(0)--------|-5-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|
|---|-|-|---|------3---3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|---|-|-|---|------3---3-|
|---=====--==--------2---|-0-===---=--------------|---=====--==--------2---|
|-0----------------------|------------------------|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|



Poco meno mosso              rit...............
 Chord diagramGadd9Gadd9                    Chord diagramD MajorD
 ....3.....  --===  --===   ===--   __  __
 | p p| |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |+ | `/ | |
|-5-5-3-2^(2)^(2)-p-p-|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---|-|----------3-2-0^(0)-p-p----------|-------------3-^(3)---------------||
|-0-===---------------|---4-2-0^(0)-p-p-|----------2^(2)^(2)---------------||
|---------------------|------------4-2-0^(0)----0----(0)^(0)---------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|----2---\___/--|-------h----------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------2^(2)^(2)-||
                        |   |  } `/ |_ |  |

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