Back to my main page for guitar tablature for Virgil Thomson's The Plow That Broke The Plains, including links to the 3 movements which include guitar or banjo.
Let me know if you ever make use of this. Thanks. Donald Sauter.
Short ID: PLOW4. Title: The Plow That Broke The Plains; Mvmt 4. Blues (Speculation) Composer: Virgil Thomson. Source: Orchestral score. Tuning: EADGBE. Banjo part played on guitar. Time sig: 4/4. 4er = 96. The banjo part for movement 4, "Blues (Speculation)" is transcribed here for guitar. The transcription is note-for-note, in the correct register. 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: [22] = rehearsal number 22, for example. z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block. In case it's not clear, measure 1 is a full 4 beats; the orchestra starts right on beat 1. *** Download and edit out all material above and below the tablature. *** Set up your printer for: 96 characters/line (12 characters/inch). 66 lines/page (6 lines/inch). *** Print out starting with the title line below. The Plow That Broke The Plains; Mvmt 4. Blues (Speculation) PLOW4: Page 1 of 1. EADGBE. Banjo part played on guitar. Leading measures: 1 14 26 41. Virgil Thomson. 4/4 [22] f cresc. ff [23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 p poco a poco cresc. 3 3 _____ ______ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|___0_3_3|_5_5___1|_1_1____|_______0____9_12_.|____|_ ________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_1_1_1_1|_____3__|_____3_3|_____2___10_______|____|_ ______z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|________|_5_5_2_2|_1_1____|___2___________9_.|__z_|_ ________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_2_2_2_2|_3_3____|_____3_3|_2________________|____|_ ________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|________|_____3_3|_4_4_0_0|__________________|____|_ ________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|________|________|________|__________________|____|_ [24] [25] [26] 2 3 4 p poco a poco cresc. f dim. p cresc. f dim. p cresc. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____|____|____|________|_0_0_2_2|_2_2_1_1|________|_3_3_3_3|_3_3_3_3|_____1_1|_3_3_1_1|________| ____|____|____|_3_3_3_3|________|_____0_0|_____1_1|_0_0_0_0|_0_0____|_4_4____|_2_2____|_3_3_3_3| __z_|__z_|__z_|________|_1_1_3_3|_3_3____|_2_2____|________|_____3_3|_0_0_2_2|_____2_2|________| ____|____|____|_4_4_4_4|________|_____0_0|_3_3_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_1_1|_____0_0|_2_2_0_0|_4_4_4_4| ____|____|____|________|_____4_4|_4_4____|________|________|________|_3_3____|________|________| ____|____|____|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________| [27] [28] [29] dim. cresc. dim. p dim. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________|_1_1_1_1|_3_3____|_5_.____|____|____|________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_ _3_3____|________|_0_0_4_4|________|____|____|_3_3_3_3|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_ _____2_2|_1_1_1_1|_____2_2|_7_.____|__z_|__z_|_2_2_2_2|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|__z_|_ _4_4_3_3|________|_0_0_3_3|_6_.____|____|____|_3_3_3_3|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_ ________|________|________|________|____|____|________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_ ________|________|________|________|____|____|________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_ [30] [31] p (Banjo out to end...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________________________________ ________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________________________________ ________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________________________________ _0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_0_0_0_0|_________________________________ ________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________________________________ ________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________________________________