Cavatina - II Sarabande - Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)
original tab by Dick Campbell - dicksknives@aol.com
updated by Weed - weed@wussu.com - 27 March 2010
tuning - EADGBE
see below tab for legend, variations and alternative fingerings
key - B major time - 3/4 speed - Lento (slow - 66 bpm)
CIV............... CIV................ __3__ __3__1 | . . | | | | | | . . | |e |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |---7----------------|--------------------|---7----------------|G |-4------------------|--------------------|-4------------------|D |-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-4===========6p4====|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 3-----3
.................... CIV..........4 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------7--4---------|--------------------|B |--------------------|-7-----4=====5------|-7-----0------------|G |--------------------|-6-----------4------|----------3---1-----|D |-6-----4===========-|--------------------|-6-----4------2-----|A |=======---------4---|-6-----------4------|--------------4-----|E |-------4-----7------|-------4------------|-7--6--4------------| 1---1
7 | | | | | | | | |e |----9---------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |-------9-----7--5---|-7------------------|-------------7------|G |-6------------------|--------------------|-4===========-------|D |-6-----------8--6---|-------6========8---|----------------6---|A |--------------------|-9========7--6------|-6-----4------------|E |-7------------------|----------------9---|-------------7------| 4
10 | | | | | | | | |e |-------------2------|----------7--------|-----------7--2-----||B |--------------------|--------------------|-------------------||G |-------4------------|-4========----------|-------4----------*||D |-4--------4---------|-------------6------|-4----------------*||A |--------------------|-6-----4------------|-------------------||E |-6-----4-----2------|-------------7------|-6-----4-----2-----||
CVI................13 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------9------------|-6==================|B |-2-----------4--2---|-7-----------9------|-8==================|G |-------1------------|--------------------|-8==================|D |-4===========-------|-4===========-------|--------------------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-6-----6-----6======|E |-0===========-------|-0===========-------|--------------------|
................... CIV.....................................16 | | | | | | | | |e |===================-|--------------------|--------------------|B |===================-|--------------------|--------------------|G |===================-|-4=====6------------|-4=====6------------|D |--------------------|-6--4--------4------|-6--4--------4------|A |=======6-----6------|-------7-----6------|-------7-----6------|E |--------------------|-4===========-------|-4===========-------|
19 | | | | | | | | |e |-------0------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |-4=====-------------|-------2-----0------|-0=================-|G |-4--3--------3------|-1--------------3---|--------------------|D |-------6-----4------|-2===========-------|----2--1------------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-------------4--2---|E |-4=====-------------|--------------------|-4------------------|
CI................22 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |-------2=====0------|-0=================-|--------------------|G |-1=====---------3---|--------------------|-1==================|D |----4=====2--1------|----2--1------------|-4--2--1------------|A |----------------4---|-------------4--1---|-------------4--1---|E |--------------------|-4------------------|--------------------|
CIV......... A.H. A.H.25 | | | | | | | | |e |----------------11--|-4===========-------|-------11-----11<23>-|B |-------4-----9------|-7--5--4------------|-9--------9<21>------|G |====----------------|-------------6------|----8----------------|D |----1---------------|----------------8---|-6=====--------------|A |--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|E |-4=====-------------|--------------------|---------------------|
CIV......... A.H. A.H.28 | | | | | | | | |e |-4===========-------|------11-----11<23>-|--------------------|B |-7--5--4------------|---------9<21>------|--------------------|G |-------------6------|----8---------------|--------------------|D |----------------8---|-6------------------|-6==================|A |--------------------|--------------------|-9--7--6------------|E |--------------------|--------------------|-------------9--6---| 1 3
31 | | | | | | | | |e |----------------11--|-9==================|===================-|B |-------4-----9------|-7==================|===================-|G |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|D |====----------------|-8==================|===================-|A |----6---------------|-9==================|===================-|E |-4------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
CIV............... CIV................ __3__ __3__34 | . . | | | | | | . . | |e |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |---7----------------|--------------------|---7----------------|G |-4------------------|--------------------|-4------------------|D |-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-4===========6p4====|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 3-----3
.................... CIV..........37 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------7--4---------|--------------------|B |--------------------|-7-----4=====5------|-7-----0------------|G |--------------------|-6-----------4------|----------3---1-----|D |-6-----4===========-|--------------------|-6-----4------2-----|A |=======---------4---|-6-----------4------|--------------4-----|E |-------4-----7------|-------4------------|-7--6--4------------| 1---1
__3__40 | | | | | | | . . | |e |----9---------------|--------------------|---2----------------|B |-------9-----7--5---|-7------------------|-0------------------|G |-6------------------|--------------------|--------------------|D |-6-----------8--6---|-------6========8---|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|-9========7--6------|-2======------------|E |-7------------------|----------------9---|--------------------|
__3__43 | | | | . . | | | | |e |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |--------------------|---7----------------|--------------------|G |--------------------|-4------------------|--------------------|D |-6-----4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|A |--------------------|-4===========6p4====|=======---------4---|E |--------------------|--------------------|-------4-----7------|
46 | | | | | | | | |e |-------7--4---------|--------------------|-------------2------|B |-7-----4-----5------|-7-----0------------|-------5------------|G |-6-----------4------|----------3--1------|-4-----------3------|D |--------------------|-6-----4-----2------|-4-----6------------|A |-6-----------4------|-------------4------|-------4------------|E |-------4------------|-7--6--4------------|-4-----------2------|
49 | | |e |-------------------||B |-------4==========-||G |-------------------||D |-------4==========-||A |-2================-||E |-------------------||
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LEGEND
numbers below the tab = left hand fingering
CIV barre (bar) on the 4th fret
CI barre (bar) on the 1st fret
__3__ triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes
===== note held (sustained)
p Pull-off
A.H. artificial harmonic
9<21> left hand fret 9, right hand fret 21 (octave harmonic)
11<23> left hand fret 11, right hand fret 23 (octave harmonic)
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VARIATIONS
measure 19 (as above) inserted after measure 16 and repeated after measure 18 -
16 19 17 18 19 20
measure 19 (as above) repeated -
16 17 18 19 19 20
measures 27 & 29 - only the second artificial harmonic is played
measures 27 & 29 - played without artificial harmonics
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ALTERNATE FINGERINGS
Note - this is NOT an alternative way of playing the piece, but are examples
of different fingerings used in combination with those in the tab above
__3__ __3__1 | . . | | | | | | . . | |e |---2----------------|--------------------|---2----------------|B |-0------------------|--------------------|-0------------------|G |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|D |-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-4===========6p4====|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS*** CIV.......... CI....4 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------7--4--0------|-2------------------|B |--------------------|-7-----4=====-------|--------------------|G |--------------------|-6-----------4------|-1-----4--3---1-----|D |-6-----4===========-|--------------------|-------4------2-----|A |=======---------4---|-6-----------4------|-2--1---------4-----|E |-------4-----7------|-------4------------|-------4------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS*** 1---1
7 | | | | | | | | |e |----9--------2--0---|-2------------------|-------------2------|B |-2-----9------------|--------------------|-0===========-------|G |-1-----------3--1---|-------1========3---|----------------1---|D |--------------------|-4========2--1------|-1------------------|A |-2------------------|----------------4---|-------4-----2------|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
10 | | | | | | | | |e |-------------2------|----------2---------|----------7--2-----||B |-------0------------|-0========----------|-------0-----------||G |--------------------|-------------1------|------------------*||D |-4--------4---------|-1------------------|-4----------------*||A |--------------------|-------4-----2------|-1-----------------||E |-6-----4-----2------|--------------------|-------4-----2-----||***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
13 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------9------------|-6==================|B |--------------------|-7-----------9------|-8==================|G |-6-----------8--6---|--------------------|-8==================|D |-------6------------|--------------------|--------------------|A |-9===========-------|-9===========-------|-6-----6-----6======|E |-0===========-------|-0===========-------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
...................16 | | | | | | | | |e |===================-|--------------------|--------------------|B |===================-|-0=====2------------|-0=====2------------|G |===================-|-1------------------|-1------------------|D |--------------------|----4--2-----4------|----4--2-----4------|A |=======6-----6------|-------------6------|-------------6------|E |--------------------|-4===========-------|-4===========-------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
19 | | | | | | | | |e |-------0------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |-4=====-------------|--------------------|--------------------|G |-4--3--1-----3------|-------6------------|-4=================-|D |-------------4------|-6-----------9--8---|--------------------|A |--------------------|-7===========-------|----7--6-----4------|E |-4=====-------------|--------------------|-4--------------7---|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
CIV............... CVI...............22 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|B |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|G |-------6=====-------|-4=================-|--------------------|D |-6-----------9--8---|--------------------|-6==================|A |----9=====7--6------|----7--6-----4------|-9--7--6------------|E |----------------9---|-4--------------6---|-------------9--6---|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
CIV......... A.H. A.H.25 | | | | | | | | |e |----------------11--|-4===========-------|-------11-----11<23>-|B |-------4-----9------|-7--5--4------------|-9--------9<21>------|G |--------------------|-------------6------|----8----------------|D |====----------------|----------------8---|-6=====--------------|A |----6---------------|--------------------|---------------------|E |-4=====-------------|--------------------|---------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
CIV......... A.H. A.H.28 | | | | | | | | |e |-4===========-------|------11-----11<23>-|--------------------|B |-7--5--4------------|---------9<21>------|--------------------|G |-------------6------|----8---------------|-1==================|D |----------------8---|-6------------------|-4--2--1------------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-------------4--1---|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
31 | | | | | | | | |e |----------------11--|-9==================|===================-|B |-------4-----9------|-7==================|===================-|G |====----------------|--------------------|--------------------|D |----1---------------|-8==================|===================-|A |--------------------|-9==================|===================-|E |-4------------------|--------------------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
__3__ __3__34 | . . | | | | | | . . | |e |---2----------------|--------------------|---2----------------|B |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|G |-4------------------|--------------------|-4------------------|D |-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|--------------------|-4===========6p4====|E |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
37 | | | | | | | | |e |--------------------|-------7--4--0------|-2------------------|B |--------------------|-7-----4=====-------|--------------------|G |--------------------|-6-----------4------|-1-----4--3---1-----|D |-6-----4===========-|--------------------|-------4------2-----|A |=======---------4---|-6-----------4------|-2--1---------4-----|E |-------4-----7------|-------4------------|-------4------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
__3__40 | | | | | | | . . | |e |----9--------2--0---|-2------------------|---2----------------|B |-6-----9------------|--------------------|-0------------------|G |-6-----------3--1---|-------1========3---|--------------------|D |--------------------|-4========2--1------|-----4-4-----4------|A |--------------------|----------------4---|-2======------------|E |-7------------------|--------------------|--------------------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
__3__43 | | | | . . | | | | |e |--------------------|---2----------------|--------------------|B |--------------------|-0------------------|--------------------|G |-1------------------|--------------------|--------------------|D |-------4===========-|-----4-4-----4------|-6-----4===========-|A |--------------------|-4===========6p4====|=======---------4---|E |--------------------|--------------------|-------4-----7------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
46 | | | | | | | | |e |-------7--4--0------|-2------------------|-------0-----2------|B |-7-----4------------|--------------------|-0------------------|G |-6-----------4------|-1-----4--3--1------|-------1-----3------|D |--------------------|-------4-----2------|-4------------------|A |-6-----------4------|-2--1--------4------|-------4------------|E |-------4------------|-------4------------|-4-----------2------|***ALTERNATIVE FINGERINGS***
49 | | |e |-------------------||B |-------4==========-||G |-------------------||D |-------4==========-||A |-2================-||E |-------------------||
