Postcards From Spain (To Michael Lorimer) - I Cantaor (Triana) - Thea Musgrave Five Serenades for solo guitar (2nd edition, Lorimer, Novello 120809, 1997) MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/musgrave_postcards_from_spain_1_cantaor.mid
see Notes and Legend below the tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 27 August 2017

In a cafe in Triana, the section of Seville famous for its flamenco culture,
a cantaor (flamenco singer) and his guitar accompanist sit erectly. "Strum-a-strum!" goes the guitarrista; the singer begins his tale; "strum!" interrupts; then on continues the song. - Michael Lorimer (editor)

Tuning: EADGBE Key: - Time: 3/4, 2/4 Tempo: 84 bpm (quarter notes)

Vigoroso (strong, vigorous, energetic)

CIX > CII_______
^ v ^ > > >
1 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-9g9g9-----------------------|-----2---2-------6-------| B|-9g9g9-----------0-----------|-----2---2-------5-------| G|-9g9g9---------------5---5---|-5-----5-----------------| D|-9g9g9---10--10--10--7---6---|-4-----------------------| A|-9g9g9-----------------------|---2---------------------| E|-9g9g9-----------------------|-------------3-------2---|
2 2 2 2 2 4 4
rasq. 4 3 3 1 3 1
f p < < < < < <

CIX_ CVI_____________ CII_________
arp. > > > arp. -
3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-9-----------------------|-----0---0---------------|-2---2-----2---------0---|
B|-9-----------------------|-----8---8---------------|-2---4p2---------7-------|
G|-9-------6---6---6---6---|-6-----8---------0-------|-2-------5---3p2-------8-|
D|-9---11------10--8---6---|-5-----------------------|-4-----------------6-----|
A|-9-----------------------|---------------------0---|-4-----------------------|
E|-9-----------------------|---0---------6-----------|-4-----------------------|
4 4 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 4
1 1 3
rasq. 2
f p < < < < < < f mf

arp. CV____________ arp.
6 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----5-----5-----5-------|-6-----0---------|-8------5-6-9------| B|-----7p5-------------7-6-|-5-------7h8-----|-10-7/8-------10p8-| G|-5-------8---6p5---------|-6---8---------0=|===----------------| D|-6-----------------8-----|-5-8---------11--|-8-----------------| A|-6-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------| E|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
1 4 4 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 1.1 4 2 1.1 3 4 2 3 1
2 4
2 3 1
1
sfz sfz sfz

- cVI_________________
9 | . | . | . | . | . e|-10--------------|-------------------------| B|-9---------------|-----6---6---6---6---6---| G|-10--10--10--10--|-10--6=======9=======8---| D|-9-----------10--|-----7=======------------| A|-------------9---|-------------------------| E|-----------------|-------------------------|
4 3 2 4 4
2 2
3 1
1 pochiss. rit.___ (very slightly slowing down)
sfz p < < < < < < < f

cI______________
11 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | . | . | . | . e|-2p1p0-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-------2p1p0-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|-------------3p2p0-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-------------------2p1p0-------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-------------------------2p1p0-------|-----1-----------|-4===============| E|-------------------------------2p1p0-|-1---2-------1---|-5===============|
2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
poco rit. 2
(a little slower)

CIX_ cVI________ CIV
arp. > > > arp. -
14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-9-----------------------|-----6---6-------8-------|-9-----------------------|
B|-9-------8---8---8---8---|-8---6---6-------8-------|-9-------10--10--10--10--|
G|-9---12------11--9---8---|-6-----9-----------------|-9---14------12--10--9---|
D|-9-----------------------|-------------0-----------|-9-----------------------|
A|-9-----------------------|---7---------------------|-9-----------------------|
E|-9-----------------------|---------------------6---|-9-----------------------|
rasg. 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 3
f p 4 2...2 3 1 rasg. 4 2 2
a tempo (back to the original tempo) < < < < < < f p

CVII_______ cVI_
> > > arp. arp.
17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----7---7-------10-----|-9---0-----0--------0-----|-10----------------------|
B|-9---7---7-------10-----|--------------------------|-9---6-----6---0---------|
G|-7-----10---------------|-0-----8----------------0=|=====--8-7---5---10--8-7=|
D|-------------0----------|---------11--10-8-----6---|-9-----------------7-----|
A|---8--------------------|-6---------------<12>-----|-------------------------|
E|---------------------8--|-6------------------------|-------------------------|
3 4 4 4 1 4 3 1 4 4 2 4 3 2 1 4 1 3 2
1 2 3 1 2
1
< < < < < < < < < < < f mf sfz

arp. arp. arp.
20 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0---------------|-0-----------------------|-11----------0---| B|-8---9p8---10----|-10----11p10----11-10----|-10--10--10--10--| G|=====----10--8p7-|-0-----------12-------12-|-11--------------| D|-6---------------|-11----------------------|-10----------8---| A|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
3 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 2
1 3 2 1
3
1
sfz sfz sfz p

23 | . | . | . |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| e|-------------0-----------|-6p4p0-------------------------------| B|-10--10--10--10--10--10--|-------6p4p0-------------------------| G|-----10------13-----<12>-|-------------4p3p0-------------------| D|-----11------------------|-------------------4p3p0-------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------4p3p0-------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------------4p3p0-|
2 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
3 4
1 < < < < < < < < f

CIX
arp. -
25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----------------|-----------------|-9-----------------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-9-----------------------| G|-----------------|-----------------|-9-------0---0---0---0---| D|-----------------|-----------------|-9-----------------------| A|-0---4-------0---|-7===============|-9---10------9-----------| E|-----6-----------|-8===============|-9--------------<12>-11--|
1 2 2 1 3
3 3 f mf < < < < <
poco rit. (a little slower) a tempo (back to the original tempo)

CIX CIX
arp. arp. p i p a p i p i
- v ^
28 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-9-----------------------|-9-----------0=====------|-2-----------------------|
B|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|-2-----------9=====------|
G|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|-2-----9--8--------------|
D|-9-------8---8---8---8---|-9-----12-11-------------|-1--10-------------------|
A|-9---13------12--10--9---|-9--13-------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|-------------------------|
4 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 2
4 3 2 3
2
f mf < < < < < f 1

CVI__ CV________
arp. ,
31 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-8p--6-5-8p--6-5-8-------|-------------4-------9---| B|-7=======5=======7-------|-----4-------0-------0---| G|---------6=======8-------|-0=======5=======10======| D|-6=======5=======--------|-----0-------4-------8---| A|-6=======--------0-------|-----4-------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
2 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 2
2 2 2 1 1 1
3 mf < < < < < < < < < <

>
33 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | . | . | . e|-8p7p0-------------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------8p7p0-------------------------|-------------------------| G|-------------8p7p0-------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------8p7p0-------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------8p7p0-------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------------8p7p0-|-4p3-1-4-3-1-4-3-1h4-3-1-|
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 1
f cresc.

(Bright) (Mellow)
arp.
35 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0=======-=======-=======|-0=======-=======-=======| B|-0=======-=======-=======|-0=======-=======-=======| G|-0=======-=======-=======|-3=======-=======-=======| D|-0---8===-=======-=======|-5=======-=======8=======| A|-0=======-=======-=======|-0=======-=======-=======| E|-0=======-=======-=======|-0=======-=======-=======|
ff 4 mf dim.
rit.

37 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------|-------------------------|| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|| D|=========8===============|=========8===============|| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|| E|-------------------------|-------------------------||


Notes and Legend
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The performer of Postcards from Spain will find it impossible to sustain every note for its written value. Neverthless, it is always possible to communicate the composer's intention, and therefore the score is presented in this edition as Thea Musgrave wrote it, and as she hopes the listener will imagine it, rather
than as a precise depiction of the literal sound that one performer might produce. The ears fo the listener, rather then the fingers of the performer, guide the fingering. This means that in the first serenade, Cantaor,
for example, repeated notes are fingered on adjacent strings rather then on one string. If instead, the notes were simply played on one string, which would be easier for the performer, the sound might not be so interesting. Whilst this fingering is a model that pleases the composer and the editor, the score is presented asa the composer conceived it, anmd other fingerings are possible.
- Michael Lorimer (editor)

Suggested duration: 1 min 50 sec

Comments and suggestions for improving the phrasing of the MIDI are welcome.

measure 1 - the sheet shows a barre on the 10th fret for the first 3 chords (??)

measure 29 - the upstroke (1st chord) is played with the index finger

measure 31 - the sheet has the fingering of the last chord 234 (not 324) which
would be correct if the chord was A Eb G C (rather than A Eb Gb C)

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

=== - note held, length of note, duration

- (above the tab) accented, stressed

^ - downstroke - strum from the lowest note to the highest note
v - upstroke - strum from the highest note to the lowest note
/ - slide note up
- - tenuto - note held for at least its full length, or a little longer
, - slight pause (breath mark)
|-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes
arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note
g - grace note (ornament) - here played as an acciaccatura -
extra note(s) played at the same time as, or just before the
main note, then immediately released
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
rasq. - rasgueo or rasgueado (flamenco style strumming)
<12> - natural (open) harmonic on the 12th fret
cI - part barre on the 1st fret
CII - barre on the 2nd fret
cVI - part barre on the 6th fret
CVI - barre on the 6th fret
CVII - barre on the 7th fret
CIX - barre on the 9th fret

expressions (below the tab) -
< < - crescendo, growing louder

- decrescendo, growing softer

cresc. - growing louder
dim. - diminuendo - diminishing, gradually getting softer
f - forte - loud
mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud
p - piano - soft
rit. - ritenuto (or ritardando) - slowing down
sfz - strongly accented, suddenly louder

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