7 Island Songs (2019) - Folk Song of Amami - 2. Akasuji Sanbon - Ryuji Kunimatsu
sheet: https://ryujikunimatsu.com/freescore_english.html
see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 28 July 2025
MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/kunimatsu_7_island_songs_2_akasuji_sanbon.mid
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQZTnuKRfE - Norbert Neunzling (116 bpm)
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpYiHCK1aw - Javier Menichini (64 bpm)

standard tuning: E A D G B E          time: 4/4

        arp.        arp.          arp.        arp.          arp.
1  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-------0===========0-----|-------0===========0-----|-0--0--0-----0-----------|
B|-------0===========0-----|-------0===========0-----|-------0--7--------0-----|
G|*------6===========6-----|-------6===========6-----|-------6===========6-----|
D|*------------6===========|-------------6===========|-------------6===========|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0=======================|-0=======================|-0=======================|
   mp    3     2                                       mf    3  4  2     3

        arp.                      arp.                 C2   arp.        arp.
4  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-------0--0--------------|-------0-----4--4-----0--|-2-----4--2--0--0--0-----|
B|-0-----0===========0-----|-0-----0--7--------7-----|-------2=====------0-----|
G|-------6=====6--6--6-----|-------6===========6=====|-------4=====------6-----|
D|-------------6===========|-------------6===========|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2===========------------|
E|-0=======================|-0=======================|-------------0===========|
         3     3                      4  1     4
               2                   3     2     3

        arp.        arp.     C2   arp.        arp.          arp.
7  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-7--7--7--4--7--7--4--4--|-2--2--4--2--0--0--0-----|-------0-----4--4-----0--|
B|-------0===========0=====|-------2=====------0-----|-0--0--0--7--------7-----|
G|-------6===========6=====|-------4=====------1-----|-------6===========6=====|
D|-------------6===========|-------------------------|-------------6===========|
A|-------------------------|-2===========4===========|-------------------------|
E|-0=======================|-------------------------|-0=======================|
   4        1  4     1             4                            4  1     4
         3     2     3             3     3     1             3     2     3

   C2   arp.        arp.          arp.        arp.
10 |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-2--2--4--2--0--0--0-----|-------0===========0-----|-------0===========0-----|
B|-------2=====------0-----|-------0===========0-----|-------0===========0-----|
G|-------4=====------6----*|-------6===========6-----|-------6===========6-----|
D|------------------------*|-------------6===========|-------------6===========|
A|-2===========------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------0===========|-0=======================|-0======================-|
         4                   mp                        rit.
         3                         3     2

13 |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|<12>---------------------||
B|<12>---------------------||
G|-------------------------||
D|-------------------------||
A|-------------------------||
E|-0-----------------------||


Notes and Legend
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Both the reference videos miss out measures 2 and 12, and neither play the
harmonics in measure 13. There is no key signature, but it sounds similar
to E major. The MIDI tempo is 80 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes).
The order of play is measures 1-10, 1-10, 11-13.

measure 7 - in the sheet the last chord isn't arpeggiated

left hand fingering (LHF) below the tab -
1 - index finger (forefinger)
2 - middle finger
3 - ring finger (annular)
4 - little finger (pinky)

===   - note held, length of note, duration
<12>  - natural (open) octave harmonic on the 12th fret
arp.  - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note
C2    - barre on the 2nd fret
mf    - mezzo-forte - moderately loud
mp    - mezzo-piano - moderately soft, fairly quiet
rit.  - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower

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