********************************************************************** Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 V - March-like, by Benjamin Britten ********************************************************************** Transcribed from the sheet music by Maxime Bergeron (mazout360@hotmail.com) Julian Bream edition video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tG0MlmG6K4 (Julian Bream) Legend below the tab. tuning: EADGBE time: Variable tempo: none mentioned 1 E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E||---------------------|--3------------------|--2g0------------4-----| B||---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| G||---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| D||-----0-0-0--0-----0--|-----0-0-0--0-----0--|-------0-0-0--0-----0--| A||-----0-0-0--0-----0--|-----0-0-0--0-----0--|-------0-0-0--0-----0--| E||---------------------|--3------------------|--2g0------------4-----| 4 S S E S S E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E 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---0--0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|------0-----------0------| ---0--0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|------0-----------0------| ---0--0-----0-----0-------|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|------0-----------0------| --------------------------|--1-----6-----1-----6-----|--1s-----6--4--3----1-0--| 24 E S S E E Q E E E E E Q ---1------------6----|--1-----------4--6----| ------0-0-0--0-------|-----0-----0----------| ------0-0-0--0-------|-----0-----0----------| ------0-0-0--0-------|-----0-----0----------| ------0-0-0--0-------|-----0-----0----------| ---1------------6----|--1-----------4--6----| 26 E E E S S E E E E Q S S S S E E ---1------------------------L------------------|| ------0-----0-0-0--0-----0-------0-0-0-0-0-----|| ------0-----0-0-0--0-----0-------0-0-0-0-0-----|| ------0-----0-0-0--0-----0-------0-0-0-0-0-----|| ------0-----0-0-0--0-----0-------0-0-0-0-0-----|| ---1------------------------L------------------|| 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 --------------- Q - quarter note E - 8th note S - 16th note |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes Tablature Legend ---------------- g - grace note L - tied note s - slide