Leo Brouwer - Preludios Epigramaticos (a mi esposa Cristina - 1981) No.1 "Desde que el alba quiso ser alba, toda eres madre" (Miguel Hernandez - "Poemas de Amor") see Notes and Legend below - 7 March 2023 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHaMa4gkTQ - Doris Cosic audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9VOryRBwM - Adam Khan tuning: E A D G B E key: - tempo: 60 bpm (quarter notes) Moderato (at a moderate tempo) (1st line of sheet) e|----------------------------------7g5----7g5----7g5--------- B|--0-------0-------------------------0------0------0----0---- G|----7---7---7---7----------------------7------7------7---7-- D|------9-------9------<12>---<12>---------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------------ E|------------------<7>----<7>-------------------------------- 1 3 4 1 3 3 p eguale e legato mf p sub. CVII (2) |---5---| > CVII~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e|------------------------------------------------------------------- B|-----------------0----------------0-------------------------------- G|----------------------------7---7---7-----------------7---------7-- D|-----<12>---<12>----------7---9----------<12>-------7---------7---- A|------------------------7-------------------------7---------7------ E|--<7>----<7>--------7h8---------------<7>-----7h8-------7h8-------- 2 4 1 4 2 3 l.v. sfz decresc. sf sf (3) CVII e|----------------------7g5----7g5---------10----8--0--------10----8--0--------- B|------0-----------------0------0----0-------------------8-----------------10-- G|----7---7------------------7------7---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--- D|--9---------<12>--<12>-------------------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9------ A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E|----------<7>--<7>------------------------------------------------------------ mf decresc. 34 1 2 2 p dolce (4) CVII CII |---5---| e|-------------------------0------------------------------------2-- B|--7---------7--8-----10-------------------------------------3---- G|-----7---7-----7-----7------7-----------------------2-----2------ D|--9----9----9-----9------9-------<12>-------2-----2---2h4-------- A|------------------------------------------2---2h3---------------- E|------------------------------<7>-----2h3------------------------ 3 2 4 3 1 2 4 leggero 3 2 decresc. cresc. (5) CVII e|--5-------------------------------------------------- B|-----3---3-----------------7--8-----10--7--8-----10-- G|--4----4----------------------7-----7------7-----7--- D|--------------<12>---<12>--9-----9------9-----9------ A|----------------------------------------------------- E|------------------<7>-------------------------------- 34 p mp sonoro ma legato sempre f decresc. S.tasto (6) |---5---| l.v. e|--0------------------------------------------------------------- B|------------------------------------------0--3---3---3---3------ G|-----7----------------------------------0------4---4---4-------- D|--9-------<12>----<12>---<12>---------2------------------------- A|------------------------------------3--------------------------- E|-------<7>------------<7>-------0h3----------------------------- 2 3 1 2 4 mp sonoro decresc. rit. CVII~~~~~~~~~ (7) son. ord. |---5---| l.v. e|--7g5-------------------------------------------------------------- B|----0----0-----------------------------------0--------------------- G|-------7---7--------------------------7----7---7------------------- D|----------------<12>---<12>---------7----9--------<12>----<12>----- A|----------------------------------7-------------------------------- E|--------------------<7>--------7h8---------------------<7>--------- p dolce mf decesc. p pp (8) |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| F. e|--7g5-----------------5--5--5---7g5----------------------|| B|----0---------------3-------------0----0-----------------|| G|-------7----------2------------------7---7---------------|| D|----------------4-------------------------------<12>-----|| A|--------------2------------------------------------------|| E|------------0--------------------------------<7>---------|| l.v. t t t rall. ppp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ left hand fingering (LHF) right hand fingering (RHF) 1 - index finger p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger (forefinger) 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger a - ring finger (annular) CII barre on 2nd fret CVII barre on 7th fret piano p - soft mezzo forte mf - medium loud mezzo piano mp - medium soft pianissimo pp - very soft pianississimo ppp - extremely soft eguale - equal, even legato - notes tied together, they should be played in a smooth manner, without leaving any space between them sub. - subito - suddenly sfz - sforzando - strong, sudden accent on a note or chord l.v. - laissez vibrer (let vibrate) - let it ring decresc. - becomming quieter dolce - gently, sweetly leggero - lightly, gracefully cresc. - becoming louder sonoro - sonorous, with a deep, resonant sound S.tasto - sul tasto - pluck the strings over the fingerboard rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower son. ord. - return to the usual way of performing rall. - rallentando - slowing down F. - Fermata - pause, notes held for longer than their value g - grace note (ornament) - extra notes played immediately before the main notes h - hammer-on > - accented, marked, stressed p - pull-off t - tenuto - played firmly <7> - natural harmonic on the 7th fret <12> - natural harmonic on the 12th fret |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes (or a rest + 2 notes) played in the time of 2 notes |-5-| - quintuplet - 5 notes played in the time of 4 notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tabbed by Vlad - checked by weed@wussu.com (18 September 2024) the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org