25 Etudes Esquisses for Guitar - No 20 - Gerald Garcia (born 1949) (Pres de lui) - edition: Mel Bay MB95430 (Pacific, USA, 1995) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 26 March 2024 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/garcia_gerald_25_etudes_equisses_20.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1MCh9jhzw - William Ghezzi audio: https://youtu.be/23sHsF3_hJI?t=2168 - John Holmquist (from 36min 8sec) standard tuning: E A D G B E key: D major time: 4/4 Allegretto (lively, moderately fast) a m i a m i 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-2p0-2---2p0-2---|-2p0-2---2p0-2---|-2p0-2---2p0-2---|-2p0-2---2p0-2---| B|-------3-------2-|-------0-------2-|-------3-------2-|-------0-------2-| G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-0===============|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 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| . | . e|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|| B|-3p2-3---3p2-3---|-3p2-3---3-------3g2g|-3---------------|| G|-----------------|---------0-----------|-2---------------|| D|-------2-------1-|-------0-0-----------|-4---------------|| A|-----------------|---------1-----------|-0---------------|| E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|| 2 1 3 Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This collection of studies is intended for the intermediate guitarist. The starting tempo of the MIDI is 126 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). left hand fingering (LHF) below tab right hand fingering (RHF) above tab 1 - index finger (forefinger) p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger (forefinger) 3 - ring finger (annular) m - middle finger 4 - little finger (pinky) a - ring finger (annular) === - note held, length of note, duration < < < - (below the tab) crescendo - getting louder arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret gg - grace note (ornament) - an extra note played on or just before the beat before the main note is played, and then immediately released h - hammer-on mp - mezzo-piano - moderately soft p - (below the tab) piano - soft p - (between the notes) pull-off poco - little, a little (poco rit. - slowing down a little) rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower tempo - speed (a tempo - return to the earlier tempo) |---- ----| |---- ----| |*--- ---*| repeat the |*--- ---*| section |---- ----| |---- ----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com