Valse in C - Catharina Josepha Pratten (1824-1895) Madame R Sidney Pratten's Guitar School - No 31 Edition: Boosey & Sons (London, ~1859?) see Notes and Legend below the tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 17 April 2017 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/pratten_guitar_school_031_valse_in_c.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEmpOumplfo - Norbert Neunzling ********************************************************************* thanks to Peter Henderson for the following correction - 1 April 2021 measure 13 - last note changed to C (from B, open 2nd string) ********************************************************************* tuning: E A D G B E key: C major time signature: 3/4 i m i m i m i a a i m m a i p p p p 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|--------------|---------0---|-1-----------|-----0-------| B|----------1---|-------------|---------0---|-1-----------| G|*-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-------|-----0-------|---------0---| D|*-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|--3=======----|-3=======----|-------------|-3=======----| E|--------------|-------------|-3=======----|-------------| 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 i m i m i m i a a i m m p p p p 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-------------|---------0---|-1-----------|--------------|| B|---------1---|-------------|---------0---|-1=======-----|| G|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-------|-----0-------|-------------*|| D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|| A|-3=======----|-3=======----|-------------|-3=======-----|| E|-------------|-------------|-3=======----|--------------|| 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 i m i m i m a a a a i m m m m i i i i p p p p p p p p p p 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|--------------|-------------|-1---1---1---|-0=======----| B|--------------|-1---1---1---|-0---0---0---|-1=======----| G|*-0---0---0---|-------------|-0---0---0---|-0=======0---| D|*-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| A|--------------|-3---3---3---|-------------|-3=======----| E|--3---3---3---|-------------|-3---3---3---|-------------| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 i m i m i m i a a i m m p p p p 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-------------|---------0---|-1-----------|--------------|| B|---------1---|-------------|---------0---|-1=======-----|| G|-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-------|-----0-------|-------------*|| D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|| A|-3=======----|-3=======----|-------------|-3=======-----|| E|-------------|-------------|-3=======----|--------------|| 1 1 3 3 3 3 Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The general rule is that when the same string is struck two, three, or more times, the fingers of the right hand should be changed" - CJ Pratten The tempo of the Norbert Neunzling video & the MIDI is 144 bpm (quarter notes). left hand fingering below tab right hand fingering above tab 1 - index finger p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger a - ring finger === - note held, length of note (duration) |--- ---| 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 - weed@wussu.com