E-|---Song:-Etude-in-E-minor-(allegro-moderato)----| A-|---Composer:-Fernando-Sor-----------------------| D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------| G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------| B-|---http://www.chrisliang.com--------------------| E-|---Enjoy!---------------------------------------| Etude in E minor (Allegro Moderato) by Fernando Sor(1778-1839) (Paimimim-Paim-Paim) (Paimimim-Paimimim) Grade 3- Intermediate Legend ====== = hold note > accent (louder) p pull off h hammer on This piece is a fine example of one of many Fernando Sor's studies. Etude in E minor Moderato) is a study piece particularly for the right plucking hand. This piece is 52 bars long with a 10 barre chords. Play at a moderate to fast pace. Keep plucking speed uniform throughout the song. You can undulate the volume for mood but are certain notes that must be accented or played loudly. For example the second note of Bar[1] and [2] displayed in the tab image below. Tips and technique ================== There's a general beat between 2 adjacent measures (3 beat,2 beat). For example: 3 beats on bar[1] and 2 bar[2] and so on. (Paimimim-Paim-Paim) (Paimimim-Paimimim) You play these beats with your thumb(P) and suspend these notes. Bar[1]-[4] The main riff for the song. These 4 bars appears 3 times throughout Etude in Minor. Bar[29] reverse pattern. you have been playing one main pattern (paimimim-paim-paim) in measure, you are introduce with another patterm (pamimimi-pami-pami). This pattern is a image of the former. Make sure you flip back to the original pattern after this measure. Bar[33]-[33] The ongoing finger plucking pattern you have been playing has be widen. Bar[14],[20],[42] Flatten finger to form a barre on the treble string (b and e) Bar[46]-[48] A slight variation of the main pattern with a funky backbeat on the treble string. E Minor Etude (Allegro moderato) Time Signature 4/4 [1] > > E|---0---------------0-------0-----|---3---------------3-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-2===============2-------2-------|-2===============2===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 2 2 2 2 4 24 [3] > > > > > E|---2---------------3-------2-----|---2---------------0-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-1===============--------1-------|-2===============2===============| A|-----------------2---------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 [5] > > > > E|---3---------------3-------3-----|---2---------------2-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------2-|-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----2---2---2-------0---0---0---| D|-2===============2-------2-------|-0===============----------------| A|---------------------------------|-----------------2===============| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 3 3 [7] II.............................. > > > E|---0---------------2-------0-----|---------------------------------| B|-------1---1---1-------1-------1-|---4-----------------------------| G|-----0---0---0-------2-------2---|-------4---4---4-----4---2-------| D|---------------------------------|-----4---4---4---------------4---| A|-3===============0-------0-------|-2===============2---------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p m i p L 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 [9] E|---0---------------0-------0-----|---3---------------3-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-2===============2-------2-------|-2===============2===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 [11] > > > E|---2---------------3-------2-----|---2---------------0-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-1===============--------1-------|-2===============2===============| A|-----------------2---------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 [13] I > > > E|---3---------------3-------3-----|---3-------2-------1-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------1-------1-------1---1---1-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----2---2---2---2---2-------2---| D|-2===============--------2-------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|-0=======================0-------| E|-----------------0===============|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i ai (x02210@1)m i ai (x02210@1)m p m i m L 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 [15] E|---0-----------------------------|---0---0---0---0-----------------| B|-------0---0---0---4-------------|---------------------------------| G|-----0---0---0---------2---2---2-|-----0---4-----------------------| D|---------------------4---4---4---|-------------5-------------------| A|-2===============2===============|-----------------7---------------| E|---------------------------------|-0===============----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ap (x02210@1)i p m p i p L 2 1 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 4 [17] > > > > E|---3---------------3-------3-----|---3---------------2-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------1-------2-|-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---| D|-2===============2-------2-------|-0===============0===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 2 4 2 4 1 2 4 3 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 [19] III > > > E|---5---------------5-------5-----|---5---------------3-------------| B|-------3---3---3-------3-------3-|-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-| G|-----5---5---5-------5-------5---|-----4---4---4-------4---4---4---| D|-0===============4-------0-------|-5===============5===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 [21] V............................... > > > > > > E|---7---------------7-------7-----|---7---------------8-------------| B|-------6---6---6-------6-------6-|-------5---5---5-------5---5---5-| G|-----7---7---7-------7-------7---|-----5---5---5-------5---5---5---| D|-5===============5-------6-------|-7===============----------------| A|---------------------------------|-----------------0===============| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 [23] > > > > > E|---2---------------2-------2-----|---2---------------3-------------| B|-------1---1---1-------1-------1-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-----------------0-------1-------|-2===============2===============| A|-0===============----------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 4 2 4 [25] III............................. E|---0---------------0-------0-----|-------------------3-------------| B|---------------------------------|---3-------------------3---3---3-| G|-------3---3---3-------3-------3-|-------4---4---4-----4---4---4---| D|-----5---5---5-------5-------5---|-----5---5---5---5===============| A|-4===============4-------4-------|-5===============----------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 [27] E|---3---------------2-------2-----|---3-----------------------------| B|-------2---2---2-------1-------1-|-------0-------------------------| G|-----3---3---3-------2-------2---|-0---------0---0-----------------| D|-0===============0-------0-------|-----0-------0-------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------| E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i ap (x02210@1)m p m i m p L 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 [29] E|---7---------------7-------7-----|---6---------------6-------------| B|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-------5---5---5-------5---5---5-| G|-------7---7---7-------7-------7-|-----6---6---6-------6---6---6---| D|-5===============5-------5-------|-4===============4===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p am (x02210@1)i m i m i p am (x02210@1)i p am (x02210@1)i p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 3 3 3 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 [31] IV............... II.............................. E|---5---------------5-------5-----|---3---------------3-------------| B|-------5---5---5-------4-------4-|-------5---5---5-------5---5---5-| G|-----5---5---5-------4-------4---|-----4---4---4-------4---4---4---| D|-4===============4-------4-------|-2===============2===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 [33] E|---0---------------0-------0-----|---2---------------2-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------1---1---1-------1---1---1-| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---| A|---------------------------------|-0===============0===============| E|-3===============3-------3-------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 [35] E|---2---------------2-------2-----|---2-----------------------------| B|-------2---2---2-------2-------2-|-------0---0---0-----0-------0---| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------| D|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----1---1---1-------------------| A|-1===============1-------1-------|-2===============2===============| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p m i m L 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 [37] E|---0---------------0-------0-----|---3---------------3-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-----------------2-------2-------|-----------------2===============| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-0===============----------------|-0================---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 2 2 4 2 4 [39] E|---2---------------3-------2-----|---2---------------0-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-| G|-----2---2---2-------2-------2---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| D|-1===============--------1-------|-2===============2===============| A|-----------------2---------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 [41] I > > > E|---7---------------0-------0-----|---3-------2-------1-------------| B|-------0---0---0-------0-------0-|-------1-------1-------1---1---1-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----2---2---2---2---2-------2---| D|-----------------5-------5-------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|-0=======================0-------| E|-0===============----------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i ai (x02210@1)m i ai (x02210@1)m p i m i L 4 1 1 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 [43] II.............. E|---0-----------------------------|---0-------------------------3---| B|-------0---0---0---4-------4-----|-------0---0---0-----0-----------| G|-----0---0---0---------2-------2-|-----0---0---0-------------------| D|---------------------4-------4---|-----------------2-------2-------| A|-2===============2-------2-------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-0===============----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p a (x02210@1) p aL (x02210@1) 2 1 4 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 4 [45] E|---7---------------7-------7-----|---7---------------5-------------| B|-------5---5---5-------5-------5-|-------5---5---5-------5---5---5-| G|-----4---4---4-------4-------4---|-----5---5---5---5---5-------5---| D|-5===============5-------5-------|-4=======================4-------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m i ai (x02210@1)m p m i m L 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 1 3 2 3 [47]II............................. E|---5---------------5-------5-----|---5---------------3-------------| B|-------4---4---4-------4-------4-|-------4---4---4-------5---5---5-| G|-----4---4---4---4---4-------4---|-----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-2=======================2-------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-0===============----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m i ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m i ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 [49] E|---0---------------0-------0-----|---3---------------2-------------| B|-------1---1---1-------1-------1-|-------1---1---1-------1---1---1-| G|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-3===============3-------3-------|-0===============0===============| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m p ai (x02210@1)m i m i m L 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 [51] II.............. 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