• Song:

    Written On The Sky

  • Artist:

    Max Richter

"Written on the Sky"
Music by Max Richter from "The Blue Notebooks"(2004).
Transcription for guitar by hyperboreal on March 2014.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9EKMRjVDAs

Drop D tuning.
Let the bass notes ring as much as possible.
Let the syncopated notes on the melody before chord changes ring amap too.

mf=middle finger, left hand
rf=ring finger, left hand
lf=little finger, left hand



    C9--------------------¬

E|------9------9------9--10--12---------12------12------12---------7--5h7-----------|
B|--12-----12-----12----------------10------10------10------10----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------12------------12-------------11--------------11------------0-------------|
A|---------9-------------9-------0------9---------------9---------------------------|
D|--9-----------------------------------------------------------4-------------------|

                 C5----------------------¬ C9---------------------------
          lf lf
E|--5--7--9--10--------10-----10-----10---------------------------9---10------------|
B|------------------8------8------8------8----------------10--12--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------11h12--11h12----------------------------|
D|--------0------------9-------------9-------------12-------------12----------------|
A|---------------------5-------------5-------------9--------------9-----------------|
D|---------------5--------------------------9---------------------------------------|


                                                    lf lf
E|-12------12------12------12---------7--5h7--5--7--9--10--------10----10----10-----|
B|-----10------10------10------10-----------------------------8------8----8-----8---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------11--------------11------------0----------0------------9-----------9------|
A|-0-------9---------------9-------------------------------------7-----------7------|
D|---------------------------------4-----------------------5------------------------|


   C9--------------------

E|-----------------------9---10----------|
B|--------------10--12-------------------|
G|-11h12--11h12--------------------------|
D|--------12-------------12--------------|
A|--------9--------------9---------------|
D|-9-------------------------------------|




    C11--------------------------¬ C12--------------------------¬ (mf bar at 11thfret)

E|--12------12------12------12-------------------------------------12----------------|
B|--------------------------------------12------12------12--14h15------10------------|
G|------14------14------14------14----------14------14-------------------------------|
D|----------11--------------11--------------14--------------14-----------------------|
A|----------12--------------12--------------12--------------12-----------------------|
D|--11------------------------------12-----------------------------11----------------|


    (mf bars DGD strings)  C9---------------------------¬C10--------------

E|--12------12------12----------------------------9---10--9-------9------------------|
B|------10------10------10-----12--10h12--10--12-------------------------------------|
G|--11--------------11----------------------------------------9-------9--------------|
D|--11--------------11-------------12-------------12--------------14-----------------|
A|---------------------------------9--------------9---------------12-----------------|
D|--------------------------9-----------------------------11-------------------------|


    --------------¬ C12-------------------------¬

E|--9-------9--------------------------------------12------12------12------12--------|
B|--------------------------------------12--14h15------10------10------10------10----|
G|------9-------9-------12------12--14-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------14------16------16--------------16-------------11--------------11--------|
A|----------12--------------12--------------12-----0-------9---------------9---------|
D|------------------12---------------------------------------------------------------|


    C9-------------------¬ C7-----------------¬
                           rf
E|-----10------10------10--9-----9------9-----9---7-----7-----7-----7--5-------------|
B|-----------------------------------7-----7-----------------------------------------|
G|---------11------11--------------------------------------7-----7-------------------|
D|-----12--------------12--------11-----------11--------0-----------0----------------|
A|-----9---------------9---------9------------9--------------------------------------|
D|--9-------------------------7----------------------4--------------------5----------|



                      C9-----------------------¬ C7-------------------¬
                   rf
E|--5-----5-----5--10-----10------10------10--9-----9------9-----9---5-----5---------|
B|--0-----------0---------------------------------------7-----7---------------3------|
G|-----7-----7----------------12------12-----------------------------------2---------|
D|--0-----------0---------9---------------9---------11-----------11--------0---------|
A|------------------------10--------------10--------9------------9-------------------|
D|---------------------9-------------------------7----------------------4------------|



                                     C9--------------------¬   C11--------------------
                                                             rf
E|--5-----5--5-----5-----5-----5--10-----10------10------10--12------12------12-------|
B|-----3-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------3-----------7-----7----------------11------11------------------14------14---|
D|--------0--------0-----------0---------12--------------12----------11---------------|
A|---------------------------------------9---------------9-----------12---------------|
D|--------------5---------------------9--------------------------11-------------------|



  ----¬ C12-----------------------¬    (mf bars DGD strings)       C9-----------------

E|--12--14------14------14------14--12------12------12------12--10-----10------10-----|
B|----------------------------------------------10------10----------------------------|
G|------------------14------14--------------11--------------11-------------11------11-|
D|--11----------16--------------16----------11--------------11---------12-------------|
A|--12----------12--------------12-------------------------------------9--------------|
D|----------12--------------------------11--------------------------9-----------------|



  -----¬ C11----------------------¬    C12------------------------¬

E|--10--12------12------12------12--14------14------14------14--12-----12------12-----12-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------10------10----|
G|------------------14------14------------------14------14-------------------------------|
D|--12----------11--------------11----------16--------------16---------11-------------11-|
A|--9-----------12--------------12----------12--------------12------0--9--------------9--|
D|----------11--------------------------12-----------------------------------------------|



        C9-------------------¬

E|-10-----10------10------10--9-----9-----9-----9--7-----7-----7-----7--5-----5--------|
B|-------------------------------------7-----7-----------0-----------0-----------3-----|
G|------------11------11------------------------------------7-----7--------------------|
D|--------12--------------12--------0-----------0--------0-----------0--------4--------|
A|--------9---------------9------------------------------------------------0-----------|
D|-----9-------------------------4--------------------5--------------------------------|




E|--5-----5--10-----10-----10-----10--5-----5-----5-----5--7-----7-----7-----7--------|
B|-----3----------------8------8---------------3-----3-----------0-----------0----14--|
G|------------------0-------------0---------------------------------7-----7-----------|
D|--------4---------------------------------4-----------4--------0-----------0--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------9-----------------------4--------------------5-----------------------|


                            C9-------------------¬

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------14------14------14--12----------12----------0------|
G|------0---------------0----------------------------------|
D|----------14------14----------12--12------11--11--0------|
A|------------------------------9---9-------10--10--9------|
D|--14----------------------9-----------9-----------9------|
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