Birds flew over the Spire - Gary Ryan (1969-) sheet edition: Camden Music (2009) tabbed by Weed - weed@wussu.com - 22 March 2016 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/ryan_birds_flew_over_the_spire.mid video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2O6FVpVk4I - Gary Ryan see Notes & Legend below the tab ******************************************************************************* thanks to Oliver Goodbourn and Hossein Mansouri for the following corrections - measure 7 - 1st note of the measure is C# on the 5th string (not A) measure 9 - barre on the 2nd fret used for the last two beats measure 11 - the last note of the measure is F# on the 4th string (not C#) measure 17 - left hand fingering changed and slide added measure 24 - last note changed to D# (from B) - Weed - weed@wussu.com - 1 April 2016 / 25 April 2016 ******************************************************************************* tuning: EADGBE key: E time: 4/4 tempo: 100-120 (quarter notes) Floating and serene 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . 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. | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-5---454-----0-------0---2-------|-0=====0-2h4-0---|-----------------|| B|---------7-------4-----------4---|-----0---------0-|<12>=============|| G|---------------------------------|---1-------------|---------1=======|| D|---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| A|-0===============2===============|-----------------|---------2=======|| E|---------------------------------|-0===============|-----0===========|| 2 121 4 4 2 4 rit. > > > > Notes and Legend -------------- The tempo of the MIDI is 110 bpm (quarter notes). measure 9 - the C# (5th string, 4th fret) is only played on the repeat measure 8 - in the Gary Ryan vid the last note A is played on the 3rd string measure 11 - in the Gary Ryan vid, the B is repeated on the 2nd string 8 | . | . | . | * 11 | . * . | . | . e|-4-7-0-----0-----| e|-------0=========| B|-------4-----0---| B|-----0-----------| G|---------6-----2-| G|---4=====--------| D|-----------------| D|-----6===7-6-4===| A|---------0=======| A|-----------------| E|-0=======--------| E|-0===============| 1 3 2 measures 25, 28 - there is an upper mordent on the 2nd note - | ' , ' . ' , ' | e|-5----------------------4h5p4----------------------- B|------------------------------------------------7--- G|---------------------------------------------------- D|---------------------------------------------------- A|-0================================================== E|---------------------------------------------------- (In the Gary Ryan vid there are other mordents played throughout the piece.) left hand fingering (below the tab) 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger === - note held / - slide up h - hammer-on p - pull-off um - upper mordent (see notes) <12> - open (octave) harmonic on the 12th fret CII - barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger < < < - crescendo (growing louder) > > > - decrescendo (growing softer) mf - mezzo forte - moderately loud mp - mezzo piano - moderately soft rit. - ritenuto - slowing down |--- ---| |--- ---| |*-- --*| repeat the section 1___ play 1st time |*-- --*| 2___ play on repeat |--- ---| |--- ---| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more classical tabs at http://www.classtab.org