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Notes and Legend ---------------- This collection of studies is intended for the intermediate guitarist. The tempo of the Pavel Bortnik video is ~100 bpm (dotted quarter notes). The tempo of the MIDI is 84 bpm (dotted quarter notes). left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger === - note held, length of note, duration =-= - let ring (don't cut the notes off) / - slide up < < < - (below the tab) crescendo - growing louder > > > - (below the tab) decrescendo - growing softer arp. - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note bpm - beats per minute f - forte - loud F. - (above the tab) Fermata - note(s) held, pause g - grace note - ornament - extra note(s) played just before the main note then immediately released - here played as pull-offs h - (between the notes) hammer-on mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud mp - mezzopiano - moderately softfortissimo - very loud p - (between the notes) pull-off poco - a little (poco rit. - a little slower) rit. - slowing down, suddenly slower tempo - speed (a tempo - return to the original tempo) <12> - natural (open) (octave) harmonic on the 12th fret ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org