Prelude in G Major - George Yeatman (1914-2004) "George Yeatman was born March 2, 1914 and lives in Battle Creek, Michigan. He wrote Prelude in G while he was partners with Aaron Shearer. Aaron Shearer asked him to write a simple beginner piece." - Matt Cosgrove Recordings of other George Yeatman compositions at - http://www.cosgrovemusic.com/sound_recordings.htm original tab by Rene Puchinger in 1998 - "This one is a little affected by jazz music. I like to play it not slow but not fast - as a river flow..." rene.puchinger@seznam.cz - http://citadel.wz.cz [tab corrected to the MIDI - weed@wussu.com - 4 December 2002] 6/8 timing 1 E|-------3-----------3----|-------3-----------2----|-------3-----------2----| B|-----0---0-------0---0--|-----1---1-------1---1--|-----1---1-------1---1--| G|---0-------0---0-------0|---0-------0---2-------2|---0-------0---2-------2| D|------------------------|-------------0----------|-------------0----------| A|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------| E|-3-----------0----------|------------------------|------------------------| mf p 4 E|-------0-----------0----|-------2-----------2----|-------2-----------3----| B|-----0---0-------0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0--|-----0---0-------0---0--| G|---2-------2---0-------0|---2-------2---2-------2|---0-------0---0-------0| D|-------------0----------|-1----------------------|-2----------------------| A|------------------------|-------------2----------|------------------------| E|-3----------------------|------------------------|-------------0----------| mf poco cresc. 7 E|-------3-----------2----|-------0-----------2----|-------3-----------1----| B|-----2---2-------2---2--|-----1---1-------1---1--|-----0---0-------3---3--| G|---0-------0---0-------0|---0-------0---2-------2|---0-------0---0-------0| D|------------------------|-0-----------0----------|------------------------| A|-0-----------0----------|------------------------|-------------2----------| E|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------| dimin. rall. a tempo 10 E|-------1-----------0----|-------0-----------0----|-------3-----------2----| B|-----1---1-------1---1--|-----2---2-------0---0--|-----1---1-------1---1--| G|---0-------0---0-------0|---0-------0---0-------0|---2-------2---2-------2| D|------------------------|------------------------|-0-----------0----------| A|-3-----------3----------|-0-----------4----------|------------------------| E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| rall. 13 E|-------3-----------3----|-------3-----------2----|-------3-----------2----| B|-----0---0-------0---0--|-----1---1-------1---1--|-----1---1-------1---1--| G|---0-------0---0-------0|---0-------0---2-------2|---0-------0---2-------2| D|------------------------|-------------0----------|-------------0----------| A|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------| E|-3-----------0----------|------------------------|------------------------| mf p 16 E|-------0-----------0----|-------1-----------0----|-------0-----------0----| B|-----0---0-------0---0--|-----3---3-------3---3--|-----3---3-------1---1--| G|---2-------2---0-------0|---1-------1---1-------1|---2-------2---2-------2| D|-------------0----------|------------------------|------------------------| A|------------------------|-------------2----------|-0-----------0----------| E|-3----------------------|-0----------------------|------------------------| mf cresc. 19 E|-------3-----------2----|-------0----------)0---|| B|-----1---1-------1---1--|-----0---0--------(0---|| G|---2-------2---2-------2|---2-------2------)2---|| D|-0-----------0----------|------------------(0---|| A|------------------------|-----------------------|| E|------------------------|-3-----------3---------|| mf proco dim. rall. fermata p