Nocturnal after John Dowland: 7. Gently Rocking by Benjamin Britten Tablature by Russell Cook (astropig7@gmail.com) Key: Db major Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) | | | | | | | | | | | | (6/8) e|--13t--16t-----------------13t--|--16t-----------------10t--11t--| B|------------16t--14t------------|-------16t--14t-----------------| G|----------------------13t-------|-----------------13t------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-----------------0==============|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|-----------------0==============| pp 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--14t------------10t--11t--14t--|-----------9t--13t------------| B|-------13t----------------------|--13t--9t-----------13t--11t--| G|------------13t-----------------|------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|------------------------------| A|--0==============---------------|---------------0==============| E|-----------------0==============|------------------------------| 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|-------11t---------------9t--|---------------8t----------| B|------------11t--9t----------|--9t---------------8t------| G|--11t----------------10------|------11t--8t----------6t--| D|--0==============------------|---------------0===========| A|-----------------------------|--0============------------| E|-----------------------------|---------------------------| 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--6t----------------------|--------------------------| B|------8t------------------|--4t======================| G|----------6t======5t--6t--|------------------0-------| D|--------------------------|--------------0-----------| A|--------------0===========|----------0---------------| E|--------------------------|------0-------------------| 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--------------------------|----------2t------0t------| B|--7t------0t------7t--2t--|--------------2t------1t--| G|------6t------0===========|--4t----------------------| D|--0===========4t----------|------4t------0===========| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------| pp 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|--4t--------------4t------|----------4t------2t------| G|------3t--1t----------3t--|--0===========3t------1t--| D|--------------1t----------|--6t----------------------| A|--0===========------------|------6t------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------| 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--------------------------|--------------0-----------| B|--0t----------------------|----------0---------------| G|--3===========----2t------|--0t======================| D|------4t--1t--------------|------5-------------------| A|--------------3t------3t--|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------| Key: C major 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | e|--------------0===========|--------------0===========| B|--0===========------------|------0=======------------| G|----------0t--------------|----------0t--------------| D|------1t--------------0t--|------1t--------------0t--| A|--3t--------------2t------|--3t--------------2t------| E|--------------3t----------|--------------3t----------| pp 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | > e|--------------0===========|-----------------------------| B|--------------0t------8t--|--11t------------------------| G|----------0t------8t------|-------11t--12t--7t--8t------| D|------1t------------------|--9==============--------8t--| A|--3t----------------------|-----------------------------| E|--------------------------|-----------------------------| < - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (9/8) e|--------------------------|--------------0===========-------------| B|--------------------------|-------------------------<12>----------| G|------0t------------------|---------------------------------------| D|--4t------0t--------------|--------------1t-----------------------| A|--------------1t--2t------|------0t--1t---------------------------| E|----------------------2t--|--0t--------------0t===================| - - - - - - - - - - - > ppp 21 | | | | | | | | | e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-------------------------<7>---<5>----| D|----------1t--------------------------| A|--1t--0t------2t----------------------| E|------------------0t==================| 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /.\ e|--------------------------------------|-------------<7>----------|| B|-------------<7>----------------------|--------------------------|| G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|| D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|| A|--0t--1t------------------------------|--------------------------|| E|----------0t==========================|--0t======================|| - - - - - - - - - - - > Performance Notes * This piece is mostly in 6/8 time, but measures 20–22 are in 9/8 (even though they are not marked as such in the sheet music). * Measure 9 in the sheet music indicates the final Db should be played on the G string, but this would prevent the open G string from sounding for the indicated duration. * Non-tremolo notes should be allowed to ring. * Playing a note on a higher string than the one being tremoloed is not easy. It's not just you. === held note t tremolo picking (four 32nd notes) - tenuto > marcato /.\ fermata < - - crescendo - - > decrescendo pp pianissimo (very soft) ppp pianississimo (very very soft) <5> natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 5th fret <7> natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 7th fret <9> natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 9th fret <12> natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 12th fret [5] artificial harmonic - play indicated fret, touch point on 17th fret