Back to my main page for guitar tablature for Virgil Thomson's The Plow That Broke The Plains, including links to the three movements which include guitar or banjo.
Let me know if you ever make use of this. Thanks. Donald Sauter.
Short ID: PLOW3B.
Title: The Plow That Broke The Plains; Mvmt 3. Cattle.
Composer: Virgil Thomson.
Source: Orchestral score.
Tuning: EADGBE.
Time sig: 3/2 and 6/4.
This guitar part for movement 3, "Cattle", is in the original key, Bb.
The tablature is faithful to the notes written by Thomson.
The fingering specified by the tablature may be altered according to your
own tastes, of course. To move a note to a lower string, just add 5 frets
(4 frets from the 2nd to 3rd string.) To move a note to a higher string,
just subtract 5 frets (4 frets from the 3rd to 2nd string.)
Explanation of symbols:
[12] = rehearsal number 12, for example.
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
. (within the tablature) = endpoint of the note sounding on that string.
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The Plow That Broke The Plains; Mvmt 3. Cattle. PLOW3B: Page 1 of 3.
EADGBE. Guitar part, original key. Leading measures: 1 9 16 23 30. Virgil Thomson.
3/2 mf
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[10] mf [11] p
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_____10___10__|______12___12__|_____3___3__|_____3___3__|_____2___2__|_____3___3__|_____2___2__|
_8____________|_______________|_____3___3__|_____3___3__|____________|_____3___3__|____________|
______________|_______________|_1__________|_1__________|____________|_1__________|____________|
______________|_11____________|____________|____________|_1__________|____________|_1__________|
[12] 6/4 pp (solo)
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_____3___3__|_____4___4__|_____3___3__|_____4_____6|_____3_____4|_____4_____6|_____3_____4|_____
_____3___3__|_____2___2__|_____3___3__|_____3_____5|_____1_____3|_____3_____5|_____1_____3|_____
_____3___3__|_____3___3__|_____3___3__|___5_____6__|___3_____5__|___5_____6__|___3_____5__|_____
_1__________|____________|_1__________|_6__________|_1_____6____|_6__________|_1_____6____|_6___
____________|_1__________|____________|_______4____|____________|_______4____|____________|_____
mf [13] p
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____________|_6_____6___3____|_3____________|_6__________|____________|_____6_____6|____________
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_0___3_____5|_______________3|___0___3_____5|___________3|_____7_____7|_____8_____8|_____7______
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_______4____|_6______________|_________4____|_6__________|_6_____6____|____________|_6_____6____
Thomson. Plow/Cattle. Leading measures: 36 43 50 55 62. PLOW3B: Page 2 of 3.
[14] pp [15] cresc. Flute/oboe...
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__|____________|_______4____|____________|_______4____|____________|______________|_____________
3/2 Gtr pp [16] 6/4 Flute/oboe...
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Fancy Free (tutti) High wide and handsome
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Bassoon/Eng horn... Strings... Bassoon...
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Thomson. Plow/Cattle. Leading measures: 68 76. PLOW3B: Page 3 of 3.
[17] Gtr p [18] p
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______________|____________|_______4____|____________|_______4____|____________|____|____|_6____
[19] rall e dim 3
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________|____________|____________|____________|____________|__________________________||_______
_9_____9|_____8_____8|_____4_____6|_____3_____4|_____4_____6|________3_________4___.___||_______
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_____6__|___8_____8__|___5_____6__|___3_____5__|___5_____6__|_____3_______5____5___.___||_______
________|_6_____6____|_6__________|_1_____6____|_6__________|__1________6______6___.___||_______
___6____|____________|_______4____|____________|_______4____|__________________________||_______