• TAB: Jane O'Leary - Four Pieces for Guitar - 1. Aria (2/2)

    From oniscoid@gmail.com@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, September 29, 2019 16:42:44
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    between the solo line and the chords. The chords are used to interrupt the flow of the melodic line and repetition of both single notes and chords is used to sustain sound. The opening melodic passages is repeated transposed up an octave but returns to its original register at the end, thus contributing to the creation of an arch-shaped structure in the music."
    from 'Contemporary Irish Music for Classic Guitar Solo' - John Feeley

    measure 26 - it isn't clear in the sheet whether the A at the end (3rd string
    2nd fret) is tied to the next note or played twice, as in the tab)

    left hand fingering below tab right hand fingering above tab
    1 - index finger p - thumb
    2 - middle finger i - index finger
    3 - ring finger m - middle finger
    4 - little finger a - ring finger

    === - length of note, note held, duration
    =-= - let the note continue to ring (don't dampen the sound)
    - accented, marked, stressed
    + - pizzicato - muted (usually achieved by plucking the string with the
    right thumb and using the palm of the hand to mute the sting)
    ^ - strum from the lowest note to (in the direction of) the highest note
    v - strum from the highest note to (in the direction of) the lowest note
    < < < - crescendo - growing louder, becoming gradually louder
    - decrescendo - growing softer, becoming gradually softer
    |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes
    |-5-| - pentuplet - 5 notes played in the time of 4 notes
    |-6-| - hextuplet - 6 notes played in the time of 4 notes
    <12> - natural (open) octave harmonic on the 12th fret
    arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note bpm - beats per minute
    cresc. - crescendo - growing louder, becoming gradually louder
    f - forte - loud
    ff - fortissimo - very loud
    F. - Fermata - pause, note(s) held
    h - hammer-on
    mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud
    mp - mezzopiano - moderately soft
    p - (below the tab) piano - soft
    pp - pianissimo - very soft
    p - (between the notes) pull-off
    s - staccato - detached, cut off, the note is not held for its full value sfz - sforzando - accented, sudedenly louder

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