An Idea: Passacaglia for Eli
by Leo Brouwer
Tablature by Russell Cook (astropig7@gmail.com)

One principle of Brouwer's music is that the fingering is never finalized.
Several phrases in this tablature could be played differently, but where
the sheet music indicated string numbers I stayed true to it.

Tempo: Calmo
Key: E minor
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

    |      |       |      |           |        |       |       |
  (4/4)
    ..3..  ..3..                      ...3...  ...3...
e|---------------------------------|------------10----0=================|
B|---------0-10--------------------|---------------12-------------------|
G|----0---------12=================|------11----------------------------|
D|------10-------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------10-------------------------|
E|--0==============================|-<12>===============================|
    f                                                 dim.

    |          |         |       |          |       |       |       |
    ....3....  ....3....                    ...3... ...3...
                                                         /.\
e|---------------------------------------|----------0-----------------------|
B|---------<12>--------------------------|--------0------10=================|
G|-------------11h12---------------------|------------11--------------------|
D|------10-----------<7>=================|-----10---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-<12>==================================|--11==============================|
                                                            p

    |          |             |       |       |       |
  (2/4) movendo            (4/4)
    ..........5..........
e|---------------0--------|--7===========8-7-7=========7---7--|
B|--------0--------7h8-10-|------8===------------7===---------|
G|----0--------7----------|--------------------4=====---------|
D|------7---10------------|----9=====-------------------------|
A|--9---------------------|--7=======--------5=======---------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
      < - - - .    . - - >   mf                      < - - - .
                             sempre legato e dolce

    |       |        |       |          |       |       |        |
e|--7=========10-8-7-6=========7-9-6-|--7===============7-9-10---9=======|
B|------5----------------5-----------|------4-------4-------8--------8---|
G|----0----------------0-------------|--------------------7--------7-----|
D|-----------------------------------|----4-------4----------------------|
A|--3=======---------4=======--------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--7=======7=======7========7=======|
                             . - - >            p       mf

    |       |       |        |          |       |       |        |
e|--9===============7-9-10---9=======|--9=======--------7-9-10---9=======|
B|------8-------8---7---7--------7---|------7-------7-----0--------0---7-|
G|------6-------6-----7--------7-----|----7-------7-----0---9----0===6===|
D|------------------7--------7-------|--6=======6=======---------8-------|
A|----7-------7-----0================|-----------------------------------|
E|--6=======6=======-----------------|-----------------------------------|
            p       mf                    . - - - - >
                                                        dolce

    |       |       |       |          |       |       |       |
e|--6=======7=========7-5-4-5-7===5-|--7===============================|
B|------5-------0---------------5===|------4=====--4===================|
G|----5-------7-----5===========----|----------------------------------|
D|--4=======5=======4===============|----4-------4---------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--7===============7===============|
                    < - - . . - - >

  Come prima
    |     |       |       |          |         |       |       |
    ..3.. ...3... /.\                ....3.... ...3...
e|---------------------------------|------------10----0=================|
B|---------0-10====================|---------------12-------------------|
G|----0---------12=================|------11----------------------------|
D|------10-------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------10-------------------------|
E|--0==============================|-<12>===============================|
    f                                                  dim.

    |           |       |       |          |        |       |       |
    ....3....   ...3... /.\                ...3...  ...3...
e|--------------------------------------|-----------0-----------------------|
B|---------<12>-7h8---------------------|--------0-------10=================|
G|--------------------------------------|-------------11--------------------|
D|------10----------<7>=================|-----10----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-<12>=================================|--11=======------------------------|
                                                            p

    |                        |       |           |            |
  (2/4)                      (6/4)
    ..........5..........            ............6............
e|---------------0--------|--7=========7-8-7-8-7-6-7-8-7-10-8-7=======
B|--------0--------7h8-10-|------8===---------------------------------
G|----0--------7----------|-------------------------------------------
D|------7---10------------|----9=====---------------------------------
A|--9---------------------|--7=======---------------------------------
E|------------------------|-------------------------------------------
                   < - - .
                                       quasi fiorituri Chopiniana

    |                     |                    |
    [long section of grace notes__________]
e ====8----7-------------------------7h8h10-|--7=======
B ------10---8h10-7h8---7-----7h8-10--------|------5---
G --------------------9---7h9---------------|--5=======
D ------------------------------------------|----5-----
A ------------------------------------------|----------
E ------------------------------------------|----------

    |                                                  |       |
   /.\
    [long section of grace notes_____________________]
e ====5-3-2-3p2-------------------------------0h2h3h5-6=====6-6=====6-
B --------------5-4-5-3p1---------------0h2h3-------------5-------5---
G ------------------------4-5p4-2p0-0h2-----------------0-------0-----
D --------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------4=======4=======
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             < - - - .

    |       |          |       |       |       |
                     (4/4)                       calmo
e -(5-7-5-4-5-7-9-5-|--7===============7=======----7-5-|
B -)5===------------|------4-------4-----------4-7-----|
G -(0===------------|------------------------4---------|
D ------------------|----4-------4---------4-----------|
A -)4===------------|----------------------------------|
E ------------------|--7===============--7=====--------|
                           dim.

    |       |       |          |       |      /.\
  (3/4)                rall. (2/4)             ,
e|--------------------------|------------------|
B|--8=======7=======5=======|====5-4-3-4-5---4-|
G|----------------------3---|--------------2===|
D|------9-------7-----------|--4===========----|
A|----7-------5-------3-----|--2===============|
E|--------------------------|------------------|
            < - - .              dim. molto

  Come prima un poco pesante
    |      |       |       |          |         |       |       |
  (4/4)
    ..3..  ...3... /.\                ....3.... ...3... /.\
e|---------------------------------|------------10----0=================|
B|---------0-10====================|---------------12-------------------|
G|----0---------12=================|------11----------------------------|
D|------10-------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------10-------------------------|
E|--0==============================|-<12>===============================|
    f
                                                dim. e rall.

    |           |       |       |          |       |       |       |
    .....3..... ...3...                    ...3... ...3...
e|--------------------------------------|----------0-----------------------|
B|---------<12>-7h8---------------------|--------0------10=================|
G|--------------------------------------|------------11--------------------|
D|------10----------<7>=================|-----10---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-<12>=================================|--11==============================|
                                                           p

===    held note
p      pull-off
h      hammer-on

< - .  crescendo
. - >  decrescendo
/.\    fermata

f      forte (loud)
mf     mezzo forte (medium loud)
p      piano (soft)

<7>    natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 7th fret
<12>   natural harmonic - play open string, touch point on 12th fret

******************************************************************************

more classical tabs at http://www.classtab.org