'Moonlight sonata' by Beethoven - Guitar Tutorial
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Subject: TAB: moonlight sonata with fingering
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Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabulated from the (much easier to play) piano score by David Atkinson
In October 1994.
V2.0 (11/94)
I have inlcuded left hand fingering underneath the tab. I think the
System I used is self-explanitary. The numbers 1 to 4 indicate the
Fingers (1=index,2=middle,3=ring,4=little(pinkie)). I have left out
Fingering where a section is repeated or on parts where fingering is
Blatantly obvious. If anyone needs an explanation, feel free to email
Me.
I transposed this to the key of A minor which seemed logical to me at the
Time but I have recently been informed that Tarrega used D minor.
Tough! I experimented with the B string tuned to Bb but, although some
Parts were easier, most was better with normal tuning. Anyone have any
Other suggestions?
I might just try a D minor version if I find the time and motivation.
Watch this space!
Please email comments, corrections, suggestions and the rest to David
([email protected]).
P = pull-off, h = hammer-on, s = slide
===== = sustain. However, to save me hassle, sustain all the bass notes
For a whole bar where possible.
The roman numerals above the tab indicate either full barres or half
Barres. The ...s indicate how long the barre lasts.
Adagio Sostenuto.
pp
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1|-----1-----1-----1-----1|
G-|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-2-----2-----2-----2----|
A-|-0-----------------------------------|
E--------------|-3----------------------|
3 2 1 3
4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I... III..
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----3-----1-----0-----0|
G-|---2-----2-----3-----3--|---1-----2-----2-----1--|
D-|-3-----3-----3-----3----|-2-----2-----2-----0----|
A---5-----------------------|
E-|-1----------------------|-0-----------0----------|
3 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 1 1
1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
II
| | | | | | | |
E---------0----0|--0-----------------0----0|
B-1-----1-----1-|------3-----3-----3-----3-|
G-|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|----4-----4-----4-----4---|
D-|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----2-----|
A-|-0--------------------------------------|
E---------------|--0-----------------------|
3 1 3 2 1
2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E-|-0-----------1----------|-0-----------------3----|
B-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----1-----1-3---0-----0|
G-|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---0-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|-2-----2-----0-----3----|-2-----2-----3-----3----|
A-|-0-----------------------------------|
E--------------|-3-----------3----------|
2 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 3
3 2 2
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V........................
| | | | | | | |
E-----------------------------|
B-|-1---1-----1-----1-----1---------------|
G-|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-----5-----5-----5-8---5h8|
D-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|---5-----5-----5-----5----|
A-|-3----------------------|-6-----6-----6-----6------|
E--------------|-8------------------------|
1 2 1 1 4 4
2 4 2
3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IV.....................................I.....
| | | | | | | |
E----------------------------|
B-|-4-----------------4----4|-4---------------1-3---1|
G-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-|-----5-----5---2-----2--|
D-|---5-----5-----5-----5---|---6-----6---1-----0----|
A-|-------6-----6-----6-----|-6-----6----------------|
E-|-6-----------------------|-4-----3-----2----------|
1 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 1
3 3 1 2
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III............ III........
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B-|-3-----------4-----1----|-3-----------3----------|
G-|-----3-----3---0-2---0-2|-----3-----3-----2-----2|
D-|---5-----5---1-----1----|---5-----5-----4-----4--|
A-|-5-----5-----3----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|
E-|-3-----------------------------------|
1 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 1
3 1 1 3 4
1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.......................IV....III..IV....II
| | | | | | | |
E---------3----|s4-----------------2----|
B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|
G-|---3-----3-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|
D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|
A--------------|-------3-----------3----|
E-|-3=============================------------------|
3 2 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 3
1 2 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.......................IV....III..IV....II...
| | | | | | | |
E-|-3-----------------3----|s4-----------------2----|
B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|
G-|---4-----4-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|
D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|
A--------------|-------3-----------3----|
E-|-3=============================------------------|
III.......... III.......
| | | | | | | |
E-|-3-----------3----------|-3---0-----0-1----------|
B-|-----3-----3------------------3-----3|
G-|---4-----4-----3-6---3-6|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-------5-----0-----3----|
A--------------|-4----------------------|
E-|-3-----------0-----------------------|
1 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 4 3
3 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.................... II.........
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B-|-4-----------3-----------------------|
G-|-----3-----3-----4-----4--2-----2----|
D-|---5-----5-----3-----3--|-7---3-----3-----2-----2|
A-|-------6-----5-----5----|---5-----5-----5-----4--|
E-|-3-----------4----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|
2 3 1 4 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 1
1 4 2 3 4
3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII......... 1/2 V.......... V....
| | | | | | | |
E---------5----5|-5-------0-----0---5----5|
B-------6-----6-|---5-8-----8-----8---5-8-|
G-7---7-----7-----------------|
D-|-----7---7---7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|
A-|---8---8-----------------|-0-----------------------|
E-|10-------------------------------------|
4 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 25 1 4 3 4 1 1 41
3 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V...... VII V...
| | | | | | | |
E-|-5-----------------5----|-7---0-----0-----0-7---0|
B-|-----6-----6-9---------6-------------|
G-|---7-----7-----7-9---7--|---7-----7-----7-----7--|
D-|-7-----7-----------7----|-6-----6-----6-----6----|
A-|-5-----------------------------------|
E---7-----5----|-4-----------------4----|
1 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 3
3 1 3 2
1 1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc p < >
V..... IV.............
| | | | | | | |
E-|-8-----------7-----5----|-4----------------------|
B-|----10----10-0---9-----7|-------5-----6---0-----0|
G-|---9-----9-----7-----5--|-----4-----4-------7----|
D-|10----10-----0-----7----|---6-----6-----6-----6--|
A-|-0-----------------6-----------------|
E--------------|-0----------------------|
1 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 4 4
3 3
2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
< > V.......................
| | | | | | | |
E--------------|-------5-----8-----5----|
B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0|-----5-----5-----5-----5|
G--------------|-5-5-----5-----5-----5--|
D-|---6-----6-----6-----6---------------|
A-|-------7-----8-----5-----------------|
E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
2 3 4 1 1 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
| | | | | | | |
E----------------------1---4|
B---1----------0---3-0---3--|
G-|-------2-----------2----|-------1-----1----------|
D-2-----2-----2|---3-0---3--------------|
A-|-3-3-----3-----3-----3--|-2----------------------|
E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
4 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cresc V......
| | | | | | | |
E-0--s5---8-5--------------2|
B-|-------1-----1s--5-----5----1---4-1--|
G-|---2-----2--------------2-----2------|
D--------------|---1---4-1---4----------|
A-|-3----------------------|-0---3------------------|
E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
4 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc
| | | | | | | |
E---------4---7|s4---1------------------|
B-|-------0-----0-6-----6--|---3---0-3---0----------|
G-|---1-------7-----7------1-----1------|
D-|-0---3--s6------------------3---0-3--|
A--------------------------2|
E-|-0======================|=======================-|
1 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D-|-0---------0-3---0---0-3|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|
A-----2---0----|---5-------5-2-----0----|
E-|---4---1-4--------------|-4----------------------|
4 2 1 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc
| | | | | | | |
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G--------------------2-----2|
D-|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|-----2-3-2--------------|
A-|---5-------5-1-----0----|---5-------5-0h3---0h3--|
E-|-4----------------------|-4-----------1----------|
1 3 2 1 3 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc pp pp
| | | | | | | |
E----------------------0----0|
B--------------1-----1-----1-|
G-2-----1-----1|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|
D-|-0h3-----3-----2-----2--|---2---2-----2-----2-----|
A-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-0-----------------------|
E---0------------------------|
2 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | | |
E-|-0-----------------0----0|-0-----------1----------|
B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|
G-|---4-----4-----4-----4---|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|-------2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----0-----3----|
A---------------|-0----------------------|
E-|-0------------------------------------|
III.....................
| | | | | | | |
E-|-0-----------------3------------3----3|
B-|-----1-----1-3---0-----05-----5-----5-|
G-|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-5---5---5-----5-----5---|
D-|-2-----2-----3-----3----|---5---5-----5-----5-----|
A--------------|-3-----------------------|
E-|-3-----------3------------------------|
3 2 3 2 3 4 1
1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cresc V....
| | | | | | | |
E-|-3---1-----1-----1-3---1h3|-3---0-----0-4---0-5----|
B-|---3-----3-----3-----3----|---1-----1-----3-------5|
G-|-0-----0-----0-----0------|-0-----0-------------5--|
D------------------------7----|
A-|-2------------------------|-3-----------2-----0----|
E-----------------------------|
4 3 1 4 3 1 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1
2 3 1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
p III........
| | | | | | | |
E-|-7---0-----0-8----------|-6-----------4---0-----0|
B-|-0-----0--------10----10|---3-6---3-6---3-----3--|
G-|---7-----7-----9-----9--|-3-----3-----1-----1----|
D--10----10----|-0----------------------|
A---0-----------------------|
E-|-4------------------------0----------|
4 3 1 2 4 4 1 4 4 3
1 3 1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
V....................... VI... V.....
| | | | | | | |
E-|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1|
B-|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--|
G-|---5-----5-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----|
D-|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----|
A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------|
E---------------------------|
1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 1
3 2 1 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
V....................... VI... V.....
| | | | | | | |
E-|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1|
B-|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--|
G-|---6-----6-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----|
D-|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----|
A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------|
E---------------------------|
V......................
| | | | | | | |
E-|-5-----------5----------|-3---1-----1-----1-3---0|
B-|-----5-----5-----6-----6|---3-----3-----3-----1--|
G-|---6-----6-----7-----7--|-0-----0-----0----------|
D-|-7-----7-----7-----7-----------------|
A---5----------|-2-----------------3----|
E-|-5-----------------------------------|
1 2 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 1
3 3 2 3
1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I IV.. cresc
| | | | | | | |
E-|-1---0-1-----------0------0-----1----|
B-|---1-----0-3-5---------1|-3---0-----0-----0-----0|
G-----4-7---2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|-3-----3-----6-----2----|-0-----0-----2-----0----|
A-|-0-----2-----------0-----------------|
E---4----------|-1-----------0----------|
1 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 3
3 3 3 1
2 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E-|-0-----------0------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----0-----0|-1---------1-----1-----1-|
G-|---2-----2-----1-----1--|-----2---2-----2-----2---|
D-|-2-----2-----0-----0----|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|
A--------------|-0-----------------------|
E-|-0-----------0------------------0----0|
V.......... V................ V........... II......
| | | | | | | |
E-|---7-----------------------------------|
B-|-9-----9-------------------------------|
G-|----10---7-10---7---------|-------5-----------2----|
D----9----s6---0-|-7---7---7-------2---2--|
A--------8---7---|-7-7-------7---3-------3|
E-|-0------------------0----0|-5-----------5----------|
4 3 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 1
3
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pp
pp V
| | | | | | | |
E-|-------0------------------5==========|
B-|-----1---1----------------5==========|
G-|---2-------2---2----------5==========|
D-|-2-----------2---2---2----7==========|
A-|-0-----------------3---3|p0==========-0==========|
E---------------------------|
2 3 1 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | |
E--------------|
B--------------|
G--------------|
D-|-7=======================
A-|-0=======================
E--------------|
The end ...
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-|---Blimey! Quite tough at times but I tried to --|
-|---find the easiest positions. Good Luck!--------|
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---------------------David-|
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