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This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship
or research.
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SONG TITLE: 2 Classic Themes
ARTIST/GROUP: Beethoven
ALBUM:
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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Picture this: You're in your room playing a 20 minute bad-ass guitar
solo with the distortion and volume cranked up to 10 when your
grandmother comes to visit and wants you to play something nice
for her. What can you play for her? Smoke On The Water?
Hardly! Stairway To Heaven? BORING!! No, now you can play two great
classic themes that EVERYBODY knows because QualityTabs is gonna
teach them to you. These two themes are probably the best known
and mest loved themes in the world and they're easy to play.
If you can play Stairway or Nothing Else Matters, you can definitely
play these two. (Of course I haven't transcribed the whole works,
just the best known parts, so you can show off what a well rounded
player you are;) So here they are:
"Fur Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
This is the ultimate classic song that everyone knows.
I just figured it out and I didn't even need to listen to it to
do it, it's easy once you've figured out the chords. It might not
be note-for-note correct but it sounds VERY CORRECT when you're
just playing it alone.
The time signature is kind of strange, it seems like the first
part is in 4/4 and then the rest in 3/4. But you don't have to
worry about that, all the notes are steady and the same space
between every note.
CHORDS:
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EADGBE
Em (022000)
B7 (x21202)
G (x-10-9-7-8-7) <- like a barred C-chord
D (x57775)
Em B7 Em
E|--7-6-7-6-7-2-5-3-0-------0-2-2-------0-2-3-----0-
B|----------------------0-0-----------0---------0---
G|--------------------0-------------2---------0-----
D|------------------2-------------1---------2-------
A|------------------------------2-------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Em B7 Em
E--7-6-7-6-7-2-5-3-0-------0-2-2-------3-2-0-----2-3-5-
B----------------------0-0-----------0---------0-------
G--------------------0-------------2---------0---------
D------------------2-------------1---------2-----------
A------------------------------2-----------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
G D Em B7
E--7--------8-7-5-------7-5-3-----0-5-3-2-------2---2-2-
B---------8-----------7---------0-------------0---0-----
G-------7-----------7---------0-------------2-----------
D-----9-----------7---------2-------------1-------------
A--10-----------5-----------------------2---------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Em B7 Em
E--7-6-7-6-7-2-5-3-0-------0-2-2-------3-2-0---|
B----------------------0-0-----------0-----0---|
G--------------------0-------------2-------0---|
D------------------2-------------1---------2---|
A------------------------------2---------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
"Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Beautiful intro and real easy too.
The chords I give you may seem strange but I only type in the
notes you use, it's not chords to strum, they just show you
where to put your fingers.
CHORDS:
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EADGBE
Dm (xx0231)
Dm/C (x3x231)
Bb (x1x331)
Eb/G (3xx343) <- I use my thumb to play the bass note on this chord.
A1 (x0x253)
A2 (x0x231)
A3 (x0x230)
A4 (x0x020)
Dm Dm/C
E|------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--
B|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----
G|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------
D|--0------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------3------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------
Bb Eb/G A1 A2 A3 A4
E------1-----1-----3-----3-----3-----1-----0-----0---|
B----3-----3-----4-----4-----5-----3-----3-----2-----|
G--3-----3-----3-----3-----2-----2-----2-----0-------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A--1-----------------------0-----------0-------------|
E--------------3-------------------------------------|
By now you've learned enough to impress everybody. I've just figured
out the next part of the Moonlight sonata. But I've just
transcribed the rhythm picking. I didn't transcribe the melody
because it's impossible to play the rhythm and the melody in
this song on one guitar and the picking pattern sounds really
great even without the melody. If someone desperatly wants to
learn more you can email me and I might transcribe some more
if I'm in the mood, but it's a hell of a job to transcribe these
classical songs.
Anyway, here are the chords for the next part:
CHORDS:
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EADGBE
Dm (xx0231)
C#* (x4x253) <-this one is tricky. I use my ring finger on the
Gm (3xx333) A string, my index finger on the G string,
C* (x3x211) my pinky on the B string and my middle finger on
C (x32010) the E string.
F (xx3211)
Fm (xx3111)
Dm C#*
E|------------1-----1-----1-----3-----3-----3-----3--
D|------3---3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5-----5----
G|--2-2---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------
B|--0------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------4------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------
Dm Gm C* C
E------1-----1-----3-----3-----1-----1-----0-----0---
D----3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----1-----1---1-1-----
G--2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2-----0-------------
B--0-------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------3-----------3-----3-------
E--------------3-------------------------------------
F Fm
E--1---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|
D----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
G--------2-----2-----2-----1-----1-----1-----1------|
B--3-----------------------3------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
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