Greensleeves tab

Greensleeves

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Original title: Greensleeves
      Composer: Anon./Francis Cutting (fl. 1583-c1603)
        Source: Audio CD "Greensleeves"
                (Deutsche Grammophon/Polydor, 1982)
     Performer: Gцran Sцllscher
Transcribed by: Ralf Flicker ([email protected])
          Date: 22 June 2004 (first transcribed in 1994)


Revisions to this file posted on:
http://homepage.mac.com/rflicker/tabs.html

Originally submitted to Weed's Classical Guitar Tablature page

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Notes:

Cutting's (original?) version of this renaissance classic
offers a a bit more for the classical guitarist than the
traditionally lame christmas ditty. Sцllscher plays it on an
11-string alto guitar, tuned as the normal renaissance lute
(Bb-C-D-E-F/G-c-f-a-d-g). My transcription for the standard
6-string guitar uses E-A-D-G-B-d tuning. At the time (10 yrs
ago), it seemed like a reasonable compromise, rendering most
of the transcription very true to the original while still
being possible to play. I think now that standard tuning
would have been better, if slightly more compliacted to play,
but now I can't be bothered to redo it all, sorry. The one I
I give here is still a good version for the 6-string.

As intro (and outro), Sцllscher plays the more commonly known
version of Greensleeves, which you may find a dozen or more
transcriptions of to choose from.

Comments and corrections welcome!

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Notation used in this tab:

 |    bar divisor
 (    arpeggiate chord
1   bar numbering
X,Y,Z abbreviated notation for positions 10, 11 and 12
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Greensleeves, Anon./F. Cutting

Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-d

Time signature: 6/8
Quantum: 1/16
Tempo: allegro, 100 bpm
Expression: altieramente


     1
D|---|----0-2-----|---2--------|---0--------|0--2--------|
B|---|1---0-1---1-|3---1-0---0-|1---0----01-|0---1-0---0-|
G|-2-|2-----------|------1-----|2---1-1---2-|----2-1---1-|
D|---|------------|0-----2-----|----2-2-----|------2-----|
A|---|0---------0-|------------|0-----3---0-|2---0-------|
E|---|------------|----------0-|------------|------0---0-|


 5
D|----0-2---4-|5-----0-----|2--0--------|------------|
B|1---0-1---3-|0-----0-----|1---1-0-----|------------|
G|2-----------|0-----------|0-----1---1-|2-----------|
D|----------0-|------------|----0-2--4--|2-----------|
A|0---2-3-----|------2-----|3-----------|0-----------|
E|------------|3-----------|----------0-|------------|


 9
D|5(-------4--|0--2--------|2(-------0--|------------|
B|0(--------5-|0---1-0-----|1(--------1-|0--1--0---0-|
G|0(----------|----2-0-----|2(----------|----2-1---1-|
D|-(----------|0-----------|-(----------|0---3-2-----|
A|-(----3-----|------------|0(----3-----|------------|
E|3(----------|------3-----|------------|----------0-|


 13
D|----0-2---4-|5---7-9---5-|7--5--2--0--|---2--------|
B|1---0-1---3-|0-----0---5-|5---7-0---0-|2---2-2-----|
G|2-------0---|0-----0-----|5---7-1-----|2-----2---2-|
D|----------0-|------------|----0-2-----|2-----------|
A|0---2-3-----|----------3-|0-----------|0-----0-----|
E|------------|3-----X-----|----------0-|------------|
                   alt#1


 17
D|---02-7-----|0--54-5--0--|---0-----02-|--2---2-----|
B|1-------5-5-|0---3-0---0-|1---0-----1-|----4-0---0-|
G|2---------5-|0-----0-----|2---1-2-----|--4---1---0-|
D|------------|----0-------|----2-2-----|----4-----2-|
A|0---------3-|------------|0-----3---0-|2-----------|
E|------------|------3-----|------------|------0-----|


 21
D|---20-2-5-4-|5-0-2-0-----|----2-0-----|------------|
B|1-------3---|0-------0-1-|0--------20-|2-----------|
G|2-----0-----|0-----------|1---2-0--20-|2-----2-----|
D|--------0---|------------|2--4------2-|2---2-------|
A|0---2-3-----|--2-3-2---0-|----3-2-----|0-----------|
E|------------|3-------3---|------------|------------|


 25
D|5(----5-4-2-|0-2-----0---|------2-0---|------2-----|
B|0(----------|0---1-0(--0-|1--0------1-|0--1------0-|
G|0(----------|0-----0(----|2---2-------|----2-1-----|
D|-(4-2-0-----|------0(----|----2-------|2-----2-----|
A|-(--------3-|2---0--(----|0---3-3-2-0-|----0-------|
E|3(----------|------3(----|------------|4-----0-----|


 29
D|------2--0--|5(-4--9-----|X-----6--46-|7(----------|
B|1--0------1-|0(--5-0--X8-|---ZX-4-----|5(----------|
G|----2-------|0(----0-----|9-----6-----|6(----------|
D|------------|-(----------|X---0-7-----|7(----------|
A|0-----3-----|-(----------|0-----------|0(----------|
E|------------|3(----X-----|------------|------------| Fine
                    --------alt#2---------


Alternatives:

 alt#1     --------alt#2---------
D|---      -0-----|------------|---|
B|-0-      ----0--|1--0------0-|2(-|
G|-0-      -----0-|2---2-1--21-|2(-|
D|---      -------|----0-2-----|2(-|
A|---      -------|0-----------|0(-|
E|-3-      -3-----|----------0-|---|

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