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By Antonio Vivaldi
Key of E Major
Tab Notations:
none = blow - = draw * = button in
. = lower register ____= hold/sustain
! = staccato ~ = trill
| | = measure __|__ = hold note into next measure
-4__-3 = slur, or slide smoothly from one note to the next (in this example slide from
-4 to -3)
Mvt 1:
Cheerfully, briskly 4/4 Time
|10_-9*_8*_-8_-7_7*_-6*_6 | |
|-8 -7 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|-8 -7 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|
30
|8* -8 -7 7* -6* 6 -6*~|
|-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4
-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3-.3|
|-8 7* -8 10 -8 10 -8 7* -8 10 -8 10 -8 7* -8
-9* -8 -9* -8 7* -8 -9 -8 -9|
|-8 7* -8 10 -8 10 -8 7* -8 10 -8 10 -7 -6* -7
-9* -7 -9* -7 -6* -7 -9* -7 -9*|
|7* 6 7* 8* 7* 8* 7* 6 7* 8* 7* 8* 7* -5* 7*
8* 7* 8* 7* -5* 7* 8* 7* 8*|
55
|7* -5* 7* 8 7* 8 7* -5* 7* 8 7* 8 8* 5*|
Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more.
|5*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*!|
60
|-7! -7! -7*! -7*! -8! -8! 8! 8!|9*~~~~|~~~~~|
|-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 7* 7* 7* 7* -7|
|-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 7* 7* 7* 7* -7|
70
|-8 -8 -8 -7 7* -6*_-4 4*_-4 -5*_5* 6_-5*|
|6__ 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|-8 -7 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|
Mvt 2:
Slowly Time change to 3/4
On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd
sleeps, his faithful dog beside him.
1 5
| |7*_6 5*|7*_-6* 7*__|5_-5* 7*|8_-7* 7*__|
10
|-6*_7* -5*|6_ -5* 5*|7*_6 5*|-7___|__-6 -5*|
Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance
beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.
1
|7*__ -7 7* 7* -7 -7__-8 -7|
|-8 -8 -8 -5*__6_-6*|
|7*_8*_-8_-7_7*_-6* 6 7* 8* -5* 7* 8|