Andante Cantabile - Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (arranged Andres Segovia)
No 26 from Schumann's "Album for the Young", Op 68
Paul R. Estrada - 26 November 2002
estrada@cosmic.arc.nasa.gov
Schumann Transcription. Segovia: Andante Cantabile
As performed by Christopher Parkening.
Timing is (4/4) and (3/4)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8-------9--10---5---8---6---5---|--3-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------6---------------------------|
G|*---------------------------------|--------------3-----3---3---3-----|
D|*---------------------------------|--------------5-----5---5---5-----|
A|----------------------------------|--------------3-----5---3---3-----|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---6---1--10---3------|
B|--5-----3---1-\-6-----------------|--6-------3-------3---8--|
G|--------0---------------5---------|--5-------3--------------|
D|------------------------7---------|----------0--------------|
A|--------1-------------------------|--6---------------1------|
E|------------------------8---------|-------------------------|
* *
These are 16th notes...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--0-------0-------1-------0-------|----------------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------1-------|----------------------------------|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|--5-------6---7---2---5---3---2---|
D|------------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
A|--3-------3---------------3-------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
8th + 16th duration
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--------------3-----3---3---3-----|----------------------1-------1---|
B|--------------1-----1---1---1-----|----------------------1-------1---|
G|--0-----------3-----3---3---3-----|--2-----------------------0---2---|
D|------3---------------------------|------0-------3---------------0---|
A|----------------------------------|------1---3-----------0-----------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------3-------------------|--1-------1-------1-------1-------|
B|------3-------1-----------|--1-------1-------3-------1-------|
G|--3-----------3-----------|--2-------2-------0-------2------*|
D|----------2-------3-------|---------------------------------*|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
8th + 16th duration
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--5-------3-------8-------3-------|--1-------0-------1-------3-------|
B|------6-------1---------------3---|------3-------1-------0-------1---|
G|*-----5-------0-------5-------4---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|*-------------2-------5-------0---|------0-------2-------0-------2---|
A|----------------------7-----------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
speeding up...............slowing down.....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--5---3^5-3-------8-------3-------|--1-------------------------------|
B|--6-----------1-------5-------3---|------3---5-------6-------8-------|
G|--5-----------0-------5-------4---|------0---5-------4-------5-------|
D|--3-----------2---7-------0-------|----------5-------0---------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------7-------|
E|----------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
slowing.......
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8-------9--10---5---8---6---5---|--3-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|------6---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|--------------3-----3---3---3-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------5-----5---5---5-----|
A|----------------------------------|--------------3-----5---3---3-----|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---6---1--10---3------|
B|--5-----3---1-\-6-----------------|--6-------3-------3---8--|
G|--------0---------------5---------|--5-------3--------------|
D|------------------------7---------|----------0--------------|
A|--------1-------------------------|--6---------------1------|
E|------------------------8---------|-------------------------|
* *
again, these are 16th notes...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 e & 3 & 4 &
E|--0-------0-------1-------0-------|---------13-----------------------|
B|--1-------1-------3-------1---\---|--6------------------10-----------|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|--8--------10----11--12---/---5---|
D|------------------0---------------|--7-------------------------------|
A|--3-------3---------------3---\---|--8-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
8th + 16th duration
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|--6---------------6-\10--10--11---|----------8---6---5---3--|
B|----------3-----------------------|-----10-----------7---3--|
G|--8---7---5---3---------------7---|----------0-------5---3--|
D|----------------------7-----------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------9-----------|-------------------------|
E|--6-------------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|--8----------------------|--9--10---6---5----------|
B|---------10--10--10--10--|----------8---6----------|
G|---------10--10--10--10--|----------6---7----------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------7--|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--8----------------------|-------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-10---------------8-----------9---|-10-------8-------6---5---3---1---|
B|--9-------8-------7---------------|-----10---------------3-------1---|
G|-10-------9-------8-------7-------|----------0-----------3-------2---|
D|-10---9--10-------8---7---8-------|------------------------------3---|
A|-------------10-------------------|--9-------------------3-----------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------*|
D|------0-----------3--------------*|
A|--2-------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
/ = slide down
\ = slide up
^ = pull-off or hammer-on
<#> = harmonic on the #th fret.