Tuning
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Composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carmine Coppola. Released on The Godfather Part II OST in 1974
as track no. 7 `The Godfathers At Home`.
This includes a brief opening of Kay, the Godfather Waltz stylized as a lullaby and finishes with The New
Godfather. A violin and flute are featured alongside a harpsichord. Transposal to the
mandolin in standard tuning GDae.
Original release: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6fN8apPIQ4
[0:01 strings, 0:04 violin]
e|-8---7-6-7-6-|-5-6-5-4-|-8---7-6-7-6-|-5-6-5-4-|-/12---11-12-10-|-12--11-12-10-|-9--8--9--12---11--8-|
a|-------------|---------|-------------|---------|----------------|--------------|---------------------|
D|-------------|---------|-------------|---------|----------------|--------------|---------------------|
G|-------------|---------|-------------|---------|----------------|--------------|---------------------|
[0:46 1st octave harpsichord]
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
a|-3--2-3-4--3-3---|-3--2-3-4--3-3---|-3--2-3-6--3-2--5-3-|-------3--2---|----0-2-3-5-6-|-6--5-3-2--3-3-|
D|---------------6-|---------------5-|--------------------|-6-5-6------5-|-5------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
[0:46 2nd octave harpsichord]
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
a|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------1-------0---|--------------|----------0-1-|-1--0----------|
G|-5--4-5-6--5-5-1-|-5--4-5-6--5-5-0-|-5--4-5----5-4----5-|-1-0-1-5--4-0-|-0--2-4-5-----|------5-4--5-5-|
[1:30 flute]
e|-9\8-7-8--9\8-7-8--9\8-7-8-|-9-8-6----------------|
a|---------------------------|------11-10-8-7--8-10-|
D|---------------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------------|
[1:46 violin]
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
a|-10---9/10-9-10-9-8--7-8-7-6---5-|-10---9-10-9-8--7-8-7-6---5-|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
e|-7-6--7-5---6/7--6--7-5-|------------------------|
a|------------------------|-10--9--10--12/13----10-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
[2:24 1st voice harpsichord]
e|-10--9----8--7----6--5-|
a|-------12------10------|
D|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
[2:24 2nd voice flute]
e|------------------------|
a|-5--4--0--3--2-----1--0-|
D|----------------5-------|
G|------------------------|
Tab legend:
/ slide up
\ slide down
1st voice higher octave
2nd voice lower octave
Song History
Last Updated: November 30, -0001