_________________________________ / Guitar Etude #1 / / Julian Lage / / Guitar Etude Video Blog (2010) / /_________________________________/ time: 3/8 tempo: Q.=140 bpm tuning: Standard tuning (E A D G B e) writer: Julian Lage The French word "étude" translates to "study", and in music terms it denotes a piece of music written for a musician to focus on and practice an instrumental technical problem. The problem of this etude is irregular string-skipping picking for the right hand and fingering transitory chord position for the left hand, all set in a very fast tempo. Below the tablature is indicated down or up-strokes (^ v), and fingerings (T 1 3 2 4). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [A1] G Am C C#dim D ||-------------|------------|------------|--------3---|------------| ||o------------|------------|--------5---|------------|----3-------| ||---------4---|--------5---|------------|------------|------------| ||-------------|----2-------|----5-------|----5-------|--------4---| ||o----5-------|------------|3-----------|4-----------|5-----------| ||-3-----------|5-----------|------------|------------|------------| ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v v 1 3 2 3 1 4 1 3 4 2 3 1 3 1 2 Eb(add9) Ab Db(add9) F# 4x |------------|------------|------------|-------------|| |--------6---|------------|--------4---|------------o|| |------------|----5-------|------------|----3--------|| |----5-------|------------|----3-------|-------------|| |6-----------|--------6---|4-----------|--------4---o|| |------------|4-----------|------------|2------------|| ^ ^ v ^ v v ^ ^ v ^ v v 3 2 4 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 3 [B1] F# Dmaj7 Edim/G 4x ||-------------|------------|-------------|| ||o------------|--------2---|------------o|| ||---------3---|------------|----3--------|| ||-------------|----4-------|--------2----|| ||o----4-------|5-----------|------------o|| ||-2-----------|------------|3------------|| ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v v 1 3 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 G/B F#m7 Gm/Bb 4x ||-------------|------------|-------------|| ||o------------|--------5---|------------o|| ||---------7---|------------|----7--------|| ||-----5-------|----7-------|--------5----|| ||o------------|9-----------|------------o|| ||-7-----------|------------|6------------|| ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v v 2 1 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 ... If you want to support a contributor like me, check out the complete tab on my own site, where you will get both detailed pdfs and sound-files: www.playlikethegreats.com/julian-lage/guitar-etude-1 Musical regards, Maitinin April, 2016 "