************************************** ** ** ** "The Magic Box" by Francis Bebey ** ** ** ** Arranged by John Williams ** ** ** ** tab by James McKaskle ** ** ** ** email: [email protected] ** ** ** ************************************** "The Magic Box" refers to an argument in Francis Bebey's childhood village in Cameroon. Someone had brought a box to the village . Inside this box was a phonograph. None there had ever seen or heard of such a thing until this moment so it came as a surprise when it began to play music. They believed there was a little man somewhere in the box, but no one could see him. The elders had an ongoing discussion as to the nature of this little man and his magic box. "The Magic Box" pays hommage to this. (It was finally settled that the tiny musician must live on the record itself because the music wouldn't play without it.) 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E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|- B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|- G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|- D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|- A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|- E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|- |-1st & 3rd endings--------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|-----4-------0-------------------|-------------------------0-------||- B|-----------------3-----------1---|---------------------------------||- G|-----4-------1-------------------|--------------------------------o||- D|-----------------3-----------2---|--------------------------------o||- A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- |-2nd ending---------------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|---------8-------7-----------5---|-------------------------0-------||- B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||- G|---------9-------7-----------5---|--------------------------------o||- D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||- A|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-7---------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- |-4th ending---------------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|---------8-------7-----------5---|-----------------------------0---||- B|---------------------------------|-------------------------1-------||- G|---------9-------7-----------5---|---------------------------------||- D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||- A|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-7---------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E||--3----3----3----5---5-------3---|-----3-------1-------1-------0---|- B||--1----1----1--------------------|---------------------------------|- G||o-0----0----0----5---5-------4---|-----4-------2-------2-------0---|- D||o-2--------------0---------------|---------------------------------|- A||--3------------------------------|---------------------------------|- E||---------------------------------|-3---------------1---------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-----0---------------------------|---------0-------5-------7-------|- B|-----------------3-------1-------|-----1---------------------------|- G|-----0-----------1---------------|-2---------------5-------7-------|- D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-3-----------2---------------0---|---------------------------------|- E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- |-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-8----8----8----7-------5--------|-4-------7-----------------------|- B|---------------------------------|-3---------------3-------6-------|- G|-9----9----9----7-------5--------|---------7-------1-------7-------|- D|----------------0-------3--------|-2-------------------------------|- A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|- E|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|- --------------------------------------------------------------------| | + | + |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + 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B|-5---------------5-------4-------|-3-----------------------1-------|- G|-5-----------5---5-------5-------|-4-------------------------------|- D|-7-------7-----------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-7---7---------------------------|---------------------------------|- E|-5---------------5-------4-------|-3-------------------------------|- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E|--3----3----3----5---5-------3---|-----3-------1-------1-------0---|- B|--1----1----1--------------------|---------------------------------|- G|--0----0----0----5---5-------4---|-----4-------2-------2-------0---|- D|--2--------------0---------------|---------------------------------|- A|--3------------------------------|---------------------------------|- E|---------------------------------|-3---------------1---------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-----0---------------------------|---------0-------5-------7-------|- 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B|-1==============(1)===----------|-0-----------------------1-------|- G|--------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-0---------------0--------------|---------------------------------|- E|--------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E|--3----3----3----5---5-------3---|-----3-------5-----------5-------|- B|--1----1----1--------------------|---------------------------------|- G|--0----0----0----5---5-------4---|-----4-------5-----------5-------|- D|--2--------------0---------------|---------------------------------|- A|--3------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|- E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-6-------3-----------------------|-1---------------------------0---|- B|-5---------------5-------1-------|-1-------------------1-h-3-------|- G|-3---------------3---------------|-2-------0-h-2---3---------------|- D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|- E|---------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-1----1----1----3---3-------1---|-----1-------3-------3-----------|- B|-1----1----1----3---3-------1---|-----1-------3-------3-----------|- G|-2----2----2----4---4-------2---|-----2-------4-------4-----------|- D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|- E|-1--------------3---------------|-1---------------3---------------|- | + | + |---3Q----| /f\ + | + | + | + E|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|- B|-1--------------------3----1----|-----------------0---------------|- G|-0------------------------------|-------------1-------------------|- D|--------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|- A|-3------------------------------|-----2-------R-u-b-a-t-o---------|- E|-----------------3--------------|-0-------------------------------|- | + | + | + | + E|----------------<12>-----0-------|-|- B|--------<12>---------------------|-|- G|---------------------------------|-|- D|---------------------------------|-|- A|---------------------------------|-|- E|---------------------------------|-|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-8---8-------8-------7-----8-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|- B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|- G|-9---9-------9-------7-----9-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|- D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-0---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- E|-----------------0-----------------|-----------------0---------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|---------0-------3-----------1---|-------------------------1-------|- B|-----------------5-----------3---|-------------------------3-------|- G|-----------------3-----------2---|-------------------------2-------|- D|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- A|-0---------------4---------------|-----------------0---------------|- E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- |------3Q------| + | + | + | + | + | + E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|- B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|- G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|- D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|- A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|- E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|- |-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|-----4-------0-------------------|-------------------------0-------||- B|-----------------3-----------1---|---------------------------------||- G|-----4-------1-------------------|--------------------------------o||- D|-----------------3-----------2---|--------------------------------o||- A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- |-2nd ending---------------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|---------8-------7-----------5---|-------------------------0-------||- B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||- G|---------9-------7-----------5---|---------------------------------||- D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||- A|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-7---------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-----7-------8-------8-------5---|---------------------5---8-------|- B|---------------------------------|-------------5-------------------|- G|-----7-------9-------9-------5---|---------5-----------------------|- D|---------------------------------|-----7---------------------------|- A|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- E|-7---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E||--7-------10------4-----------5---|-----0-------1---3---1---0-------|- B||------------------3---------------|-----------------------------3---|- G||o-7-------10------------------5---|---------------------------------|- D||o-0---------------2---------------|-----------------0---------------|- A||----------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|-0-------4-----------------------|-------------0-------5---8-------||- B|-0---------------3-----------1---|---------1-----------------------||- G|-1-------4-------1-----------2---|-----2--------------------------o||- D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------o||- A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------||- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E||--7-------10------4-----------5---|-----0-------1---3---1---0-------|- B||------------------3---------------|-----------------------------3---|- G||o-7-------10------------------5---|---------------------------------|- D||o-0---------------2---------------|-----------------0---------------|- A||----------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + |-3E--| | + 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D||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|- A||--0---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- E||------------------0-----------------|-----------------0---------------|- | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + E|---------0-------3-----------1---|-------------------------1-------|- B|-----------------5-----------3---|-------------------------3-------|- G|-----------------3-----------2---|-------------------------2-------|- D|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|- A|-0---------------4---------------|-----------------0---------------|- E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- |------3Q------| + | + | + | + | + | + E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|- B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|- G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|- D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|- A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|- E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|- |-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------| | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | E|-----4-------0-------------------|-------------------------0-------||- B|-----------------3-----------1---|---------------------------------||- G|-----4-------1-------------------|--------------------------------o||- D|-----------------3-----------2---|--------------------------------o||- A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||- E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||- /f\ + | + | + | + | + | + | + /f\ + E|-----------------8-------7-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|- B|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|- G|-----------------9-------7-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|- D|---------------------------------|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|- A|---------------------------------|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|- E|-7-------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|- | + | + | + | + E|-7==============================-|| B|-7==============================-|| G|-7==============================-||(oo)====++ D|-7==============================-|| A|-7==============================-|| E|-5==============================-|| Key: |---3Q----| triplet quarter notes |-3E--| triplet eighth notes ( ) ( arpeggiate the chord from high to low ) ( \/ <12> 12th fret harmonic E||-- --||- B||-- --||- G||o- -o||- D||o- -o||- open and close repeats A||-- --||- E||-- --||- 0====(0)==== (measure 19) indicates tied note /f\ fermata ---2-h-3--- hammer on
