Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Variations a Travers les Siecles (Variations Through the Centuries) - (a Andres Segovia - 1932) Variation 4, Walzer 3 - fingering by Andres Segovia see Notes and Legend below audio: https://youtu.be/TIddHamiF6o?t=479 - Xavier Jara (from 7min 59sec) video: https://youtu.be/rH5A4-sxvhA?t=378 - Fabio Pietroboni (from 6min 18sec) tuning: D A D G B E key: D major time: 3/4 Tempo del Walzer 1 (played at the same speed as Variation 2, Walzer 1) 1 CVII~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIX~~ CVII~~~~~~~ e|----------10--|-----9--7--|------7--9--|----7---7----9--|----7----------| B|--0--10p7-----|-----7--7--|--11--7--7--|--7---7---11----|--7-----7------| G|--------------|-----7--7--|------9--9--|------7---9-----|------7-----7--| D|--4-------8---|--7--------|------------|----------------|----------9----| A|--0-----------|-----------|------------|----------------|---------------| D|--0-----------|--0--------|--0---------|--0-------------|--0------------| 3 4 24 3 4 6 CIV~~~~~~~~ cVII CIII~~~ CV~ e|---------------|---------7--|-----5--3--|--2--3--5--|----3---3---5--| B|---------------|-----7------|-----3--3--|--3--3--3--|--3---3---7----| G|----4-----4h7--|-------7----|-----5--4--|--2--4--5--|------4---5----| D|--4-----4------|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| A|------5--------|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------| D|---------------|--0---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0------------| 4 11 CIII~~~~~~~ CVI~~~~ arp. CX~~~ e|----3----------|---------------|---------6--|----------14--|------------| B|--3-----3------|------------0--|-----6------|-------10-----|------------| G|------4-----4--|----0-----0----|-------7----|-------11-----|---------3--| D|----------5----|--0-----0------|--8---------|--------------|-----3p0----| A|---------------|------2--------|------------|--<12>--------|--1---------| D|--0------------|---------------|------------|--<12>--------|------------| 1 cresc. f p 3 4 (Coda) 16 allontanandosi Un poco mosso e|--------2--|-------2--|----------|--------7-------|-------------|--5--5--5--5-| B|-----------|----------|-------7--|--5/7-8---10p7--|--5-5--5--5--|-------------| G|-----2-----|----2-----|----------|----------------|--7-7--7--7--|--6--6--6--6-| D|-----4-----|----4-----|----4-----|----------------|--8-8--8--8--|--5--5--5--5-| A|--0--------|----------|----------|----------------|-------------|--0--0--0--0-| D|--0--------|----------|----------|----------------|-------------|-------------| decresc. 1 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 14 123 pp f 22 > e|-------------|-----------------|----------|----------|---------|| B|-------------|-----------------|----------|----------|---------|| G|-------------|-----------------|----------|----------|--8======|| D|-------------|---------9-------|--0----7--|----------|---------|| A|--6-6--6--6--|--7/9-10---12p9--|--7----4--|----------|---------|| D|-------------|-----------------|--8----7--|---1------|---------|| 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 134 2 mf fff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I treated the guitar first in the manner of the lute (as it had been in the time of Bach) with a Chaconne and a Prelude, then in the romantic way (as it had been in the time of Schubert) with three Waltzes, and finally in the modern way (jazz type), with a Fox-trot..." - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco left hand fingering (LHF) right hand fingering (RHF) 1 - index finger p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger (forefinger) 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger a - ring finger (annular) CIII barre on the 3rd fret CIV barre on the 4th fret CV barre on the 5th fret CVI barre on the 6th fret CVII barre on the 7th fret CIX barre on the 9th fret CX barre on the 10th fret forte f - loud piano p - soft pianissimo pp - very soft mezzo forte mf - medium loud fotississimo fff - very very loud arp. - arpeggiate allontanandosi - receding, fade out Coda - passage that brings the movement to an end cresc. - crescendo - becoming louder decresc. - decrescendo - becoming softer Un poco mosso - a little slower, diminished motion h - hammer-on p - pull-off / - slide up > - accented, marked, stressed = - let the note continue ringing into the first measure of Variation 5 <12> - natural (open) octave harmonic on the 12th fret ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tabbed by Vlad - checked by weed@wussu.com (6 June 2025) the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org