Op 4, Three Nocturnes - No 1 in Am - Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) editions: Tobie Haslinger 8087 (Vienna) - Boije 355; Bradford Werner (2017) sheet: http://boijefiles.musikverket.se/Boije_0355.pdf see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 4 January 2020 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/mertz_op04_no1_nocturne_in_am.mid vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htrHaDa779E - Bradford Werner (+ lesson) vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFUCGe-DXvc - Parker Bleu vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFxmUDAEF1Y - Daniel Girdner standard tuning: E A D G B E key: A minor time: 4/4 Andante con moto (flowing, with motion, keep it moving along) > > 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0---------------1-----5-5---5---|-0===========3p1-0-------1-----0-| B|-1---------------3-------6-------|-1---------------1-------1=======| G|-2-------2-----2-2-------7-------|-2---------------2-------2=======| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 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E|---------------------------------|| Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The tempo of the MIDI is 54 bpm (beats per minute) (quarter notes). measures 20 - (similarly measures 21,22) the timing of the sixteenth notes - |---3---| |---3---| | . . | . . -------------------------| -------------------------| -1===========----2-------| -----3-3-3---3-------3---| -3=======3---3---3---3---| -------------------------| measure 28 - in the sheet this is the same as measure 5 except that the last 2 notes are not staccato (?) left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger (pinky) === - note held > - accented, marked, stressed |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes < < < - crescendo - becoming gradually louder c1 - part barre on the 1st fret c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret f - forte - loud ff - fortissimo - very loud F. - Fermata - note(s) held, pause h - hammer-on p - (between the notes) pull-off p - (below the tab) piano - soft pp - pianissimo - very soft ritard. - ritardando - slowing down s - staccato - detached, cut off, the note is not held for its full value sf - sforzando - forced, strongly accented, suddenly louder tempo - speed (a tempo - return to the earlier tempo) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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