Op 121, Appalachian Dreams - 3. Darling Cora - arranged by John Duarte Last update 13th April 2025 - see Notes below the tab. video: https://youtu.be/PYhVIzem3oM?t=164 - Sharon Isbin (from 2m 44s) video: https://youtu.be/C6s8P-1AECA?t=384 - Yoshifumi Asao (from 6min 24sec) audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFgKDL0prgQ - Sharon Isbin tuning: EADGBE key: A minor time: 4/4 tempo: 120-125 bpm Allegro moderato con brio (at a moderate pace, with spirit - lively) 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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E|-----0===------------0===--------|b5-------------------------------|| B|-----1===------------1===--------|---------------------------------|| G|--------------------------------*|---------------------------------|| D|--------------------------------*|---------------------------------|| A|-0=======3p0-----0=======--------|-----------------0*--------------|| E|-------------3-----------3---0---|---------------------------------|| Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ original tab by Maxime Bergeron (mazout360@hotmail.com) - June 2016 left hand fingering by Vlad (Sharon Isbin edition) - April 2025 other minor changes by Weed (weed@wussu.com) - 13 April 2005 "Appalachian Dreams was arranged by the English composer John Duarte and first performed by Sharon Isbin (1999). Sharon Isbin collected many of the arranged melodies from renowned Appalachian musicians, including Robin Kessinger, while she was performing on tour in West Virginia. Darling Cora describes the narrator's love for and eventual betrayal by a tough, moonshine-loving woman. Similar in theme and lyrics, though not melody, to Little Maggie and The Gambling Man the song was first recorded by Clarence Gill (1927). Numerous musicians have recorded this song, including B.F. Shelton as part of his seminal Bristol Sessions (1927), the Monroe Brothers (1936), Burl Ives (1941), Kingston Trio (1959) as Corey, Corey, and Henry Bellafonte (1959). Darling Cora became a staple of the 1940s folk music revival thanks in part to the efforts of singer Pete Seeger." - Adam Brown - https://www.adambrownguitar.co.uk/without-limits left hand fingering (LHF) 1 - index finger (forefinger) 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger (annular) 4 - little finger (pinkie) measure 10 - sul ponticello - play close to the bridge (for a sharper sound) measure 18 - normale - return to playing normally (the end of the sul pont) measure 30 - b5 - fret G#, push string sideways (bend) to reach A, then let it return slightly downwards, like a "wail" measure 30 - 0* - Bartok pizzicato - pluck the string vertically, by lifting it away from the guitar face with the thumb or index finger under the string, or by gripping it between the two, so that it snaps back and rebounds off the fingerboard === - note held (duration) b - bend bpm - beats per minute - quarter notes h - hammer on p - pull off 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!