25 Etudes Esquisses for Guitar - No 25 - Gerald Garcia (born 1949) (Astoria - Homage to Astor Piazzolla) edition: Mel Bay MB95430 (Pacific, USA, 1995) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 29 October 2024 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/garcia_gerald_25_etudes_equisses_25.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuorY1E_ZfA - Jason Rogers video: https://youtu.be/EeVipWwYEXE?t=364 - Alexandre Bougie (from 6min 4sec) audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj-W4GMAANs - John Holmquist standard tuning: E A D G B E keys: C minor, D major time: 4/4 (mainly) Fugatango (a fugue in the style of a tango - or maybe the other way round?) 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e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B|--4---1p0-1-----------------------|---------4---------------3---------------| G|--------------1p0-1---------------|---------1---------------0---------------| D|----------------------1p0-1-------|---------0---------------3---------------| A|------------------------------3p2-|-3---------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|-----2---3---------------3---------------| < < < < < < < < < < < < < < arp. tempo primo 124 | . | . | . | . | . e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------5-----------6-----------5-----------| A|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3---| E|------------------------------------------| pizz. pp 4/4 F. > F. 125 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------------------|-----------------3----------------|| B|-------------------------------------|-----------------0----------------|| G|-------------------------------------|-----------------0----------------|| D|--6----------------------------------|-----------------1----------------|| A|--------------------------------0g1g2|-3================================|| E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| nat. ff Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This collection of studies is intended for the intermediate guitarist. The tempo of the MIDI is 108 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). The lengths of the notes are taken from the sheet, but these are not always held for their full length in the reference videos. measure 11 - in the sheet the G (open 3rd string) is a half note (not a dotted quarter note) === - length of note, duration, note held > - accented, marked, stressed / - slide the note up \ - slide the note down < < < - crescendo - becoming louder > > > - decresccendo - becoming softer accel. - accellerando - becoming faster arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note calmo - calm, calmly (piu calmo cresc. - crescendo - becoming louder f - forte - loud, strong F. - Fermata - pause - note held for longer than its value ff - fortissimo - very loud g - grace note (ornament) - extra note(s) played before the main note - following note(s) usually played as a hammer-on, pull-off or slide - on guitar it's often easier to play grace notes at the same time as any accompanying bass notes (on the beat rather than just before it) molto - much, very (molto cresc. - becoming much louder) p - (below the tab) piano - soft, quietly p - (between the notes) pull-off piu - more (piu calmo - more calmly, a little slower) poco - little (poco rit. - slowing down a little) (poco accel. - speeding up a little) pp - pianissimo - very soft nat. - natural - return to the natural way of playing pizz. - pizzicato - muted (usually played by plucking the string with the right thumb and using the palm of the hand to mute the sting) sempre - always (sempre pizz. - continue playing pizzicato) string. - stringendo - rapidly accelerating (sometimes becoming louder) rasg. - rasgueado - the strings are strummed with the back of the fingernails rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower sfz - sforzando - suddenly loud, heavily stressed tempo - speed (tempo primo - return to the original speed) ten. - tenuto - played firmly, note held for at least its full value ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - thanks!