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Bouree Tabs by Leo Kottke

Bouree tab by Leo Kottke

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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
pschwemm@hotmail.com


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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.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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:
--------------

  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.

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