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
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= 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p m i pL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i a i m i a i m p m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m i m i m p a p i p m p i pL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m i a p m p m i m pL 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 a m i m i m i p a m i p a m i p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i a i m i a i m p i m iL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a p aL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m i a i m p m i mL 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 a i m i m i m i a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m i a i m i m i mL 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 a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m i m i m p a i m i m i mL 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1
[51] II..............E|---0-----------------------------|---0-----------------------------|B|-------0---0---0---4-------4-----|---------------------------------|G|-----0---0---0---------2-------2-|-------0---0---0-----------------|D|---------------------4-------4---|-----2-------2-------------------|A|-2===============2-------2-------|---------2-----------------------|E|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |R p a i m i m i m p a i m p a i m p a i m p m i m pL 1 1 4 3 1 1 4 3 1 3 2 3
