Toru Takemitsu - A Piece for Guitar (1991) For the 60th birthday of Sylvano Bussotti see Notes and Legend below - 17 January 2024 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFRiySFtp4 - Shin-Ichi Fukuda video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40994_D6rQ - Steven Watson tuning: E A D G B E key: - time: 6/8 tempo: ~68 bpm F. 1 > > e|--1----4---|--0------------|------------|----------| B|--2----5---|--2---8----11--|--6[18]-----|----------| G|--1----5---|--5------------|------------|----------| D|-----------|--6---9----0---|------------|----------| A|-------0---|---------------|------------|--3--/6---| E|--0--------|---------------|---0--------|----------| 123 234 134 23 2 2 3 3 p poco f poco mf mf 5 ' e|--------|---------------|--6[18]------|--1---4---7-/-10---|-/-13-------| B|--------|--------<7>----|-------------|--2---5---7-/-10---|-/-13-------| G|--------|---------------|-------------|--1---5------------|------------| D|--------|-<12>----------|-------------|------0---7-/-10---|-/-13-------| A|-/14----|---------------|-------------|--0-------6-/-9----|-/-12-------| E|--------|---------------|-------------|-------------------|------------| 3 1 123 234 p pp mf pont. ord. 10 CII~~~~ > CIII CIII > e|-----------<12>---|------------|-----------|-------------|----------| B|------------------|--6---------|-----------|-------------|--6[18]---| G|---2--------------|--5---------|--2----3===|==--2---3----|----------| D|------6-----------|--6---------|--4----3===|==--4---3----|----------| A|----4-------------|--5---------|--4----6===|==--4---6----|--<4>-----| E|--2---------------|------<7>---|--0----3===|==--0---3----|--<4>-----| 2 4 poco 134 4 3 mf mf mf p p mf poco meno mosso F. F. poco 15 CII CI~~~~~~~~~~~ ord. mf e|----------------<12>==|========---|-------------1--|-----------<12>----|| B|----------------------|-----------|--2---3---------|--2----------------|| G|--------6=============|========---|--2------3------|---------1---------|| D|-----------<7>========|========---|--2------1------|-------3-----------|| A|------8===============|========---|--0-------------|-----0-------------|| E|--5-6-----------------|-----------|---------3------|-------------------|| 1 2 4 1 3 poco 4 123 2 3 1 p f p dolce p f pont. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ left hand fingering (LHF) 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger CI barre on the 1st fret CII barre on the 2nd fret CIII barre on the 3rd fret piano p - soft forte f - loud mezzo forte mf - medium loud pianissimo pp - very soft bpm - beats per minute (dotted quarter nmotes) poco - a little F. - Fermata - pause, notes held for longer than their value pont. - ponticello - near the bridge ord. - ordinario - return to playing as normal (end the ponticello) meno mossso - less rapid dolce - gently, sweetly / - slide up \ - slide down > - accented, marked, stressed ' - slight pause (breath mark) = - notes held into the following measure - natural (open) octave harmonic on the x fret x[y] - artificial harmonic, play x fret, point to the y fret ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tabbed by Vlad - revised by weed@wussu.com the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org