************************************************************************** Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 II - Very agitated, by Benjamin Britten ************************************************************************** Transcribed from the sheet music by Maxime Bergeron (mazout360@hotmail.com), Julian Bream edition video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o37RzxG88EA (Julian Bream) Notes and legend below the tab. tuning: EADGBE time: Variable tempo: none mentioned |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| 0 H. 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---------0------9-------------------------------------------------| ------------10----------------------------------------------------| ------7-----------------------------------------------------------| ---8--------------------------------------------------------------| 14 Q H --11-------------| --------0--------| --------0--------| --------9--------| --------0--------| -----------------| |---3---| |--3--| |---3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |---3--| 15 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ------11--12--14------------8--10--11-----------7--8--0-----5--6---------------- --12-----------------8--10----------------7--8-----------8--------7--5---------- ------------------9--------------------9--------------------------------8p--6--3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |---3--| 19 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ----------------------1---------------------------| -------------------0-----1--1---------------------| ----------------1--------------1------------------| -------------2--------------------3---------------| ----------2--------------------------3------------| ---0h--4--------------------------------4p--0--4--| |---3--| |--3--| 20 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ------------------------1-----------------------| -------------------0-------1--1--1--------------| ----------------1-------------------1-----------| -------------2-------------------------3--------| ----------2-------------------------------3-----| ---0h--4-------------------------------------4--| |----3----| |----3----| |-------3-------| 21 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H ---------------------------------1-------------------------------------------|| ----------------------------0---------1----1----1----1-------1-------1-------|| -----------------------1-----------------------------------------------------|| ------------------2----------------------------------------------------------|| -------------2---------------------------------------------------------------|| ---0----4--------------------------------------------------------------------|| Notes ----- Nocturnal was written for Julian Bream. The song on which it is based is No 20 in "The First Book of Songs or Ayres of Four Parts" (1597) by John Dowland. Julian Bream Masterclass - Benjamin Britten Nocturnal After John Dowland Op 70 BBC TV 25 Jan 1978 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNZROHfP_k Duration Legend --------------- H - half note Q - quarter note E - 8th note . - dotted note (note held for 1.5 x its duration) |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer on p - pull off s - slide NH - natural harmonic <19> - natural harmonic on the 19th fret