Sarabande for Guitar (to Ida Presti) - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) version 1 - by Weed, works with scrolling app, closer to the sheet version 2 - original tab by Robert Dyball ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarabande for Guitar (to Ida Presti) - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) edition: Ricordi LD557 (Milan, 1961 / London, England) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 13 June 2024 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/poulenc_sarabande_for_guitar.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWP5kZx7A0Y - Stephanie Jones video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH2KIGUls5g - Bradford Werner standard tuning: E A D G B E key: A minor time: 5/4, 3/4, 4/4 Molto calmo e melanconico (very calm and melancholic) 5/4 C5 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------|-------5--------0--------0-----| G|-------------------------------|-5--7--------5--------0--------| D|-7--9--10----9--7--9-----------|-7-----5-----7-----7-----------| A|----------------------10-------|-------------------8-----7-----| E|------------------------<12>---|-------------------------------| 1 3 4 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 p 3 3 3 3 3/4 C5 4/4 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------| B|--------0-----------|-1-----0-----------|-------------------------| G|--5--------0--------|----------0--2-----|-------------------------| D|--------------7-----|-2-----2-----4-----|-2-----2--0-----2--------| A|--7-----7-----9-----|-0--2--3-----5-----|-0-----------3-----2-----| E|--5--7--8-----10----|-------------------|----3--1-----5-----0-----| 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 mf 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 3/4 C5 6 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------0-----------|--------------------|-------------------| B|-1--------3--------0-----|--------0-----------|-1-----0-----------| G|-2-----0--------2--------|--5--------0--------|----------0--2-----| D|-------------3-----2-----|--------------7-----|-2-----2-----4-----| A|-------------------------|--7-----7-----9-----|-0--2--3-----5-----| E|-------------------------|--5--7--8-----10----|-------------------| 1 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 p 2 4 4 2 4 4 p i m a p p i m 4/4 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------0-----|-------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------0-----|-------------5-----|-5-----3--1--0-----0-----| G|----------0--------|----------0--4-----|-5--------------2--------| D|-------0-----------|-------0-----------|-0-----2-----3-----2-----| A|----0--------------|----0--------4-----|-------------------------| E|-0-----------9-----|-0-----------------|-------------------------| p 3 mf 4 4 4 1 1 3 3 2 f 2 3 2 3/4 12 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------| B|----0-----0--1--3--5-----|-2-----3-----5-----|-5-----------------| G|-5-----2-----2-----------|-2--1--3-----4-----|-6-----7-----9-----| D|-7-----3-----------2-----|-------5-----2-----|-7--6--8-----9-----| A|-------------------------|-------------------|-------10----7-----| E|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 1 2 1 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 > > > > > > > > > f 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4/4 3/4 C5 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------|-0-----------------------|--------------------| B|-5--8--6--3--5-----|-1--3--1--0--1--3--0-----|--------0-----------| G|-6-----5-----4-----|-2-----------------------|--5--------0--------| D|-7-----6-----5-----|-------3-----0-----2-----|--------------7-----| A|-------------------|-------------------------|--7-----7-----9-----| E|-------------------|-------------------------|--5--7--8-----10----| 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > p 2 4 4 4/4 F. 18 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------|--------------------------| B|-1-----0-----------|--------------------------| G|----------0--2-----|--------------------------| D|-2-----2-----4-----|-2-----2--0-----2---------| A|-0--2--3-----5-----|-0-----------3-----2------| E|-------------------|----3--1-----5-----0------| 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 5/4 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------|----0--1-----0--------3--5-----| G|-------------------------------|----------------2--5-----------| D|-7--9--10----9--7--9-----------|-------------------------------| A|----------------------10-7-----|<12>---------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 1 3 4 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 4 p 3/4 C5 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0-----------------------------|--------------------|-------------------| B|-2-----3-----2--0--2--3--0-----|--------0-----------|-1-----0-----------| G|-2--0--2-----------------------|--5--------0--------|----------0--2-----| D|-------3-----2-----0-----2-----|--------------7-----|-2-----2-----4-----| A|-------------------------------|--7-----7-----9-----|-0--2--3-----5-----| E|-------------------------------|--5--7--8-----10----|-------------------| mf 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 f 2 4 4 mf 2 4 4 4/4 25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------5-----|-5-----3--1--0-----0-----| G|----------0--4-----|-5--------------2--------| D|-------0-----------|-0-----2-----3-----2-----| A|----0--------4-----|-------------------------| E|-0-----------------|-------------------------| 4 4 4 1 1 3 3 p 2 2 3 2 3/4 > F. F. F. F. F. F. 27 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|--------------------|-------------------|-------------0=-=-=|| B|--------------------|-------------------|-------0=-=-=-=----|| G|--------------------|-------------------|-0=--=-=-=-=-------|| D|--7-----------------|-------------0=-=-=|-=-=-=-=-----------|| A|-^0-----------------|-------0=-=-=-=-=-=|-------------------|| E|--------------------|-0=-=-=-=-=-=------|-------------------|| mf 3 p Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The French guitaristy and composer Ida Presti was born in 1924 (a hundred years ago). For more info about her see the tonebase video "What Exceptional Talent Really Means". - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AV0sY84Sg The tempo of the MIDI is 50 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). measure 21 - in the sheet the 2nd note is G (open 3rd string) but B sounds better - Bradford Werner plays G - Stephanie Jones plays B 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) > - (above the tab) accented, marked, stressed ^ - ripple upwards from the 5th string to the 4th string with the thumb =-= - allow the note to continue ringing > > > - decrescendo - becoming softer C5 - barre on the 5th fret f - forte - loud, strong F. - Fermata - pause, notes and rests held for longer than their value mf - mezzo-forte - moderately loud p - (below the tab) piano - soft, quietly <12> - natural (open) octave harmonic on the 12th fret ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** Sarabande Poulenc, Francis Jean Marcel (1899-1963) Tabbed by Robert Dyball (robdyball@optusnet.com.au) 1/9/2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ last updated 13 June 2024 - see Notes below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sarabande for guitar was composed in New York in March 1960 * Watch for the changing metre! * Fingering is taken from the score. Standard Tuning Molto calmo e melanconico. CV.. | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e|| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-------------| B|| |-----------------------|-----5-----0-----0---| |-1---0-------| G||5|-----------------------|-5-7-----5-----0-----|3|-------0-2---| D||4|-7-9-10--9-7-9---------|-7---5---7---7-------|4|-2---2---4---| A|| |---------------10------|-------------8---7---| |-0-2-3---5---| E|| |------------------<12>-|---------------------| |-------------| 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 - 3 3 2 3 - 3 4 - 4 CV.. 4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e||-------------| |-----------------|---------0-------| |-------------| B||-----0-------| |-----------------|-1-----3-----0---| |-1---0-------| G||-5-----0-----|4|-----------------|-2---0-----2-----|3|-------0-2---| D||---------7---|4|-2---2-0---2-----|---------3---2---|4|-2---2---4---| A||-7---7---9---| |-0-------3---2---|-----------------| |-0-2-3---5---| E||-5-7-8---10--| |---3-1---5---0---|-----------------| |-------------| 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 3 - 3 2 2 2 - 2 2 3 - 3 - - 3 2 4 - 4 3 1 4 CV.. 8 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e||--------------|---------0----|--------------| |------------------| B||-----0--------|---------0----|---------5----| |-5---3-1-0---0----| G||-5-----0------|-------0------|-------0-4----|4|-5---------2------| D||---------7----|-----0--------|-----0--------|4|-0---2---3---2----| A||-7---7---9----|---0----------|---0-----4----| |------------------| E||-5-7-8---10---|-0-------9----|-0------------| |------------------| 4 - - - 4 - 4 1 1 3 3 - - - 3 2 3 - 3 2 12 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e||------------------| |-0-----------|-------------|-------------| B||---0---0-1-3-5----| |-2---3---5---|-5-----------|-5-8-6-3-5---| G||-5---2---2--------|3|-2-1-3---4---|-6---7---9---|-6---5---4---| D||-7---3-------2----|4|-----5---2---|-7-6-8---9---|-7---6---5---| A||------------------| |-------------|-----10--7---|-------------| E||------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------| 1 4-4 2 2 4 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 2 - 2 1-1-1 3 - - 3 1 4 2 - 2 - 2 3 - 3 1 4 1 4 2-2 3 3 - 3 - 3 16 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e||-| |-0---------------| |-------------|-------------| |-----------------| B||-| |-1-3-1-0-1-3-0---| |-1---0-------|-----0-------| |-----------------| G||-|4|-2---------------|3|-------0-2---|-5-----0-----|4|-----------------| D||-|4|-----3---0---2---|4|-2---2---4---|---------7---|4|-2---2-0---2-----| A||-| |-----------------| |-0-2-3---5---|-7---7---9---| |-0-------3---2---| E||-| |-----------------| |-------------|-5-7-8---10--| |---3-1---5---0---| 1 4 1 1 4 2 3 2 ........ fingering same as before .......... 20 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + e||-| |----------------------|----------------------|-0-------------------| B||-| |----------------------|----------0-----3-5---|-2---3---2-0-2-3-0---| G||-|5|----------------------|----0-5-----2-5-------|-2-0-2---------------| D||-|4|-7-9-10--9-7-9--------|----------------------|-----3---2---0---2---| A||-| |---------------10-7---|-<12>-----------------|---------------------| E||-| |----------------------|----------------------|---------------------| 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 3 - 3 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 23 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | | | e||-| |-------------|-------------|-------------| |-----------------| |-------| B||-| |-1---0-------|-----0-------|---------5---| |-5---3-1-0---0---| |-------| G||-|3|-------0-2---|-5-----0-----|-------0-4---|4|-5---------2-----|3|->-----| D||-|4|-2---2---4---|---------7---|-----0-------|4|-0---2---3---2---|4|-7-----| A||-| |-0-2-3---5---|-7---7---9---|---0-----4---| |-----------------| |-0-----| E||-| |-------------|-5-7-8---10--|-0-----------| |-----------------| |-------| 4 4 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 28 | + | + | + | + | + | + e||-------------|---------0---|| B||-------------|-----0-------|| G||-------------|-0-----------|| D||---------0---|-------------|| A||-----0-------|-------------|| E||-0-----------|-------------|| Pause on each of these notes and let ring ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tabbed by Robert Dyball (robdyball@optusnet.com.au) 1/9/2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes ~~~~~ updated 13 June 2024 by weed@wussu.com - measure numbers corrected In the Ricordi edition of the sheet (LD 557, London / Milan, 1961) measures 3&4, 8&9, 17&18, 23&24 are all reversed, the 1st of the pair being played with a barre on the 5th fret, and the 2nd of the pair being played on the lower frets.