The Black Cockatoo flying alone... - Richard Charlton (born 1955) (for Charmaine Lee) - Charlton Music (Australia, 2008) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 29 March 2021 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/charlton_the_black_cockatoo_flying_alone.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSQJ-M3z8VQ - Stephanie Jones standard tuning: E A D G B E keys: E minor, E major time: 4/4, 2/4, 3/4 Con moto (with motion, flowing) tempo: ~100 bpm (quarter notes) 4/4 E minor 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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F. 83 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-7===============----------------|----<12>-------------------------|| B|-5===============----------------|----<12>-------------------------|| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| D|-6===============----------------|-6===============================|| A|---------------------7---9-7-6-7-|---------------------------------|| E|-0===============================|-0===============================|| 4 1 f 2 molto rit. Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Black cockatoos often fly over our apartment in Sydney's Eastern suburbs on their way to Centennial Park. They usually mate for life so upon seeing a lone adult it led me to admire it but with a touch of sadness..." - Richard Charlton The tempo of the MIDI for the 'Con moto' sections is 80 bpm, and for the Andante cantabile sections is 72 bpm, both of which are slower than the sheet because the MIDI has very little rubato (variation of tempo). The left hand fingering in the Stephanie Jones reference video is not always the same as in the sheet - eg measures 33-35. measures 36,76 - in the sheet the upper note of the interval on the 1st beat (B) is a half note (not a dotted quarter note) Left Hand Fingering (LHF) below the tab - 1 - index finger (forefinger) 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger (pinkie) === - note held, length of note, duration > - (above the tab) accented, marked, stressed / - (below the tab) slide the finger up to the next note \ - (below the tab) slide the finger down to the next note < < < - crescendo - becoming gradually louder > > > - decrescendo - becoming gradually softer bpm - beats per minute (quarter notes) f - forte - loud F. - Fermata - note(s) held, pause ls - legato & staccato accent - stressed, but separate from the next note mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud molto - much (molto rit. - suddenly much slower) mp - moderately soft p - (below the tab) piano - soft, quiet p - (between the notes) pull-off rit. - ritenuto - suddenly slower <12> - open (natural) (octave) harmonic on the 12th fret c1 - part barre on the 1st fret C1 - barre on the 1st fret c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret etc |---- ----| |---- ----| |*--- ---*| repeat the |*--- ---*| section |---- ----| |---- ----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com