Nueve preludios azules - 9. Stay - Alfonso Montes (1955-)
Edition: Trinity College London Press (2019)
see Notes below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 17 August 2025
MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/montes_nueve_preludios_azules_9_stay.mid
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzKwfiZBx0 - Herve Castre
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q94EoioDAV4 - Alfonso Montes

standard tuning: E A D G B E        key: C major        time: 4/4

   Freely (play in one's own time)     tempo = 80 bpm
   p m i a
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A|-3===============|-3===============|-----------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
       2               1                     1 1 3   4
   mp                                        < < < < f   l.v. sempre

                     p p i m a i m a   i m a i m a m a
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                               1   4                 4   3
                     mp                        < < < <   f

               C1____________________                    p p i m a m i m
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                 3     4 2             4 2 1               1 4
                                                         p < < < < < < <

                                               |--3--|
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   2 1               1                       2           2   3 1
   < < < < < < < <   f                       mf              > > > > > >

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   1   2 3     4 1
   > > > > > > > >   mp                                        < < < < f

                                       p p i m a m i p
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                                                         1     1   4   4
                                       mp < < < < < < < < < < < < < <  f

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                                   3

                                                     F.          |--3--|
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   p                   < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < f         mf

                                                         a m i a m i a m
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                                       < < < < < < < < f 3   1 4   1 3

                           c3    c1
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   3     3     1     4 1 3     2   2   3 2   1     4     4   3       4
                                       p < < < < < < <   f

                                       p p i m a
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   1 3 2       1     1 2     4   1 3   3     4           3 2 1
                         3   1   2     p < < < f > > >   < < < < < < < f

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         < < < < f                                       mp < < < < < < <

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 < < < < < < < < f

                                                                       F.
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                     p                 < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <

           |--3--|
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                                 3 3   1   2 3     4 1   3       1
 > > > > mf                                        p < < < < < < < < < < <

           |--3--|                      C8                        F.
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     2     4  4  1   2 3 4                                4       2
 < < < < < mf                                             3       3

                                      tam.
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       4       41    (slow vibrato)   432
   molto rallentando (greatly slowing down)

Notes and Legend
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measures 36-38,40,41 - the rhythm changes to 3+3+2 eight beats per measure

left hand fingering (LHF) below tab      right hand fingering (RHF) above tab
1 - index finger (forefinger)            p - thumb
2 - middle finger                        i - index finger (forefinger)
3 - ring finger (annular)                m - middle finger
4 - little finger (pinky)                a - ring finger (annular)

===     - note held, length of note
< < <   - crescendo - becoming louder
> > >   - decrescendo - becoming softer
|-3-|   - triplet (3 notes in the time of 2 notes)
/       - glissando - slide the note up
\       - glissando - slide the note down
bpm     - beats per minute (quarter notes)
c1      - part barre on the 1st fret
C1      - barre on the 1st fret
C3      - barre on the 3rd fret
C8      - barre on the 8th fret
f       - forte - loud, strong
F.      - Fermata - pause, note held for longer than its value
h       - hammer on
l.v.    - laissez vibrer (let vibrate) - let it ring, don't dampen the sound
mf      - mezzo-forte - moderately loud
mp      - mezzo-piano - moderately quiet
p       - piano - soft, quietly
pp      - pianissimo - very soft
sempre  - always (contnue playing theis way throughout the piece)
tam.    - tambora - play the strings all at once by hitting them sharply
          near the bridge with the side of the thumb
vibrato - enriching the sound of a note by vibrating the finger laterally
          along the direction of the string

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