Nocturno Lyrics

Nocturno - Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)
Tablature by Greg Boland - bolandgreg@hotmail.com
I haven't learned this piece so the transcription hasn't been
stress tested yet. I have proof-read it a couple of times and
feel pretty confident that the fingerings are accurate.
It is an interesting piece that is harder than it looks.
comments and legend after the tab
Time : 2/4, then changes back & forth between 3/4 and 2/4
Key : Am, changes to A, then back to Am
Lento espressivo
Moderatamente animato
CV...... CV............
CV...... CI...... CII.............
|5---------------|----0-----2---2-|--4---4---1---1-|2===============|
CII............. CV...............................
|==4-5-4-7\5-4-5-|2---------------|----5-----5-----|5---------------|
CVII....
|-------------------|0===============|================|================|
Key A Time 3/4
__3__
Time 2/4
CII..............................
Time 3/4 Time 2/4
___3___
|14-12-11-12-9--10-12-10-9-|7===============|================|
Time 3/4
__3__ __3__ __3__
Time 2/4
CIII..................... __3__ CIII......
|0===============|================|2///7---7--7-8-7-|5===============|
CIII............ __3__ __3__ CIII.....
|================|2-//7---7---7---|7-5-3---5-3-2---|0===============|
CIII...............................................................
__3__
|==========------|5---------------|----------------|5---------------|
Time 3/4 Time 2/4
CIII............ CVII.....
__3__
__3__ ___3___
__3__ ___3___
|---------------------|-----------------|0=============|==============|
Time 3/4
__3__
Time 2/4
|10==============|================|10--------------|----------------|
|----------------|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|6===============|--0-0-0---0-0-0-|
|----------------|----------------|7===============|----------------|
|6===============|6===============|6===============|6-----------|
|7===============|7===============|7===============|7------------|
Key Am
CV.......................
CV...... CI......
|5---------------|----0-----2---2-|----0-----1---1-|2===============|
CV..............
|==4-5-4-7-5-4-5-|2===============|==2-----2-------|5---------------|
CIII............
motto ritenuto
Andante espressivo
|--------0=======|================|====------------|----------------|
Allegretto Time 3/4
__3__
Time 2/4
comments and legend - weed@wussu.com - 11 Nov 2001
left-hand fingering, barres, timing and expressions added from the sheet
changes and corrections made from the sheet music
measures 4,5,98-101 - it is much easier ---7----
to play the chord ---10---
if harmonics are ---10---
not used --------
measure 45 - barre on 9th fret? (no barre in sheet)
measures 47,48 - sheet has barre on 7th fret!? maybe should be 5th fret?
measure 69 - barre on 9th fret at start of measure? (no barre in sheet)
measure 71 - sheet has first note held, | |
but impossible left hand |----5---7---5---|
fingering - the only strings |----3---6-------|
indicated are the F on the |------------7---|
2nd string and the 2nd D on |----------------|
on the 3rd string |2===============|
measures 87,88 - the sheet fingering is |
unreasonable unless the |--------0-------|
A on the 2nd string is |10==============|
played as a harmonic on |--------10------|
the 5th string!? (the |--------7-------|
sheet info is not clear) |----------------|
measure 89 - the sheet fingering indicates a | |
slide from the top A to the top D |---10---10--10--|
but it is hard to see how - the |10--------------|
chord could be played lower down |7=======--------|
the guitar (with the B on the 2nd |----------------|
fret 5th string) and sliding up |9=======--------|
on the 1st string, but the chord |7=======--------|
could not then be held 4---4
measures 100,101 - the sheet has no natural sign ----------
before the F on the 3rd string ------
so it would remain an F#, but ----11----
this is such a bad discord it -------
is probably a mistake? ----------
measure 116 - sheet has barree on 7th fret?? should be on 3rd or 8th frets?
natural harmonic on 7th fret ---(0---
natural harmonic on 12th fret ---)3---
__3__ triplet ---(1---
p pull-off ---)2---
h hammer-on ---(2---
/ slide up ---)0---
\ slide down arpeggiate
= note held (ripple upwards)
CI barre on 1st fret left hand fingering below the tab
CII barre on 2nd fret 1 - 1st (fore) finger
CIII barre on 3rd fret 2 - 2nd (index) finger
CV barre on 5th fret 3 - 3rd (ring) finger
CVII barre on 7th fret 4 - 4th (little) finger (pinkie)