#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ================================================================================ L U D W I G V A N B E E T H O V E N - M O O N L I G H T S O N A T A , 1 S T M O V E M E N T ================================================================================ Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia, No 14 in C#m Op 27 No 2 Public Domain / Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) http://classtab.org/ Standard Tuning E A D G B E Tempo = 46 BPM Time Signature = 3/4 ----------------------------- Based heavily upon the transcriptions of three other authors: David Atkinson K. Gerard S. Ghyselincks They can be found on http://classtab.org/ PADDY MCMULLAN pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com http://pmtabs.net Version 1.0 9th May 2015 ----------------------- Acknowledgements: ----------------------- This transcription is an amalgamation of several other transcriptions authored by people more knowledgeable and skilled than I (they are named above). Save for two or three bars, nothing in this tab is original to me. I have simply taken the parts I found to be the most comfortable to play or the most pleasing to listen to and threw them all together into a single tab, one which I personally find to be the least taxing version. I'd like to thank David Atkinson, K. Gerard and S. Ghyselincks, whose original transcriptions have kept me busy for over a decade. ----------- Song Notes: ----------- The piece was originally in C#m, but this version is in Am. The fingerings below the tab are the ones I found to be the most comfortable and may not suit everyone. If you wish to find alternative fingerings, consult the original tabs on http://classtab.org/ All notes are 16th notes, except for the occasional 32nd note which is indicated by dots above the tab. 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|--------------------0----0-|--0-----------------0----0-| |------------1-----1-----1--|------3-----3-----3-----3--| |--2---2---2-----2-----2----|----4-----4-----4-----4----| |----2---2-----2-----2------|--2-----2-----2-----2------| |--0------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|--4------------------------| 3 2 1 1 4 2 3 7 8 |--0-----------1-----------|--0-----------------3-----| |------1-----1-----3-----3-|------1-----1-3---0-----0-| |----2-----2-----2-----2---|----0-----0-----0-----0---| |--2-----2-----0-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----| |--0-----------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--3-----------3-----------| 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 9 10 .. |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--1---1-----1-----1-----1-|------1-----1-----1-4----4-| |----0-----0-----0-----0---|----0-----0-----0-----0-5--| |--2-----2-----2-----2-----|--1-----1-----1------------| 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|----7-----7-----7-9---7---|----7-----7-----7-----7---| |--------7-----------------|--6-----6-----6-----6-----| |--5-----------------------|--------------------------| |--------------7-----5-----|--4-----------------------| 4 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 27 28 |--8---------------7-----5-----|--4-----------------------| |-------10------10-0---9-----7-|--------5-----6---0-----0-| |-----9-------9------7-----5---|------4-----4-------7-----| |--10------10------0-----7-----|----6-----6-----6-----6---| |--0---------------------6-----|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--0-----------------------| 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 29 30 |--------------------------|--------5-----8-----5-----| |------0-----0-----0-----0-|------5-----5-----5-----5-| |--------------------------|--5-5-----5-----5-----5---| |----6-----6-----6-----6---|--------------------------| |--------7-----8-----5-----|--------------------------| |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------| 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 31 32 |--------------------------|--------------------1---4-| |--------------1-----------|----------------3-----3---| |--------2-----------2-----|--------1---4-1---4-------| |------2-----2-----2-----2-|----3-0---3---------------| |--3-3-----3-----3-----3---|--2-----------------------| |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------| 4 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 33 34 |------------0---5---8-5---|-----------------8----11----14-| |--------1-----1---5-----5-|--------7---10-7---10----13----| |----2-----2---------------|----8-5---8--------------------| |------2-------------------|--7----------------------------| |--3-----------------------|-------------------------------| |--0-----------------------|--0----------------------------| 4 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 35 36 |---------7---10----13----16----19-|--16----13----10---7-------------| |----9------9----12----15----18----|-----15----12----9------9--------| |--7---10--------------------------|---------------------10---7-10---| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------9-| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--0-------------------------------|--0------------------------------| 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 4 3 37 38 |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--7---4---1---------------|--1-----------------------| |----6---3---0-3---0---0-3-|----0-2-3-2-0---0-3---0-3-| |----------------2---0-----|--------------2-----0-----| |--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------| 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 4 1 2 4 2 2 4 4 39 40 |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--1-----------------------|--1---------------2-----2-| |----0-2-3-2-0---0-3---0-3-|----0-2-3-2-0-------------| |--------------1-----0-----|--------------0h3---0-3---| |--0-----------------------|--0-----------1-----------| 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 41 42 .. |--------------------------|--------------------0----0-| |--------------------------|------------1-----1-----1--| |------2-----2-----1-----1-|--2---2---2-----2-----2----| |----0-----3-----2-----0---|----2---2-----2-----2------| |--2-----2-----2-----2-----|--0------------------------| |--------------0-----------|---------------------------| 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 43 .. 44 |--0-----------------0----0-|--0-----------1-----------| |------3-----3-----3-----3--|------1-----1-----3-----3-| |----4-----4-----4-----4----|----2-----2-----2-----2---| |--2-----2-----2-----2------|--2-----2-----0-----3-----| |---------------------------|--0-----------------------| |--4------------------------|--------------------------| 45 46 .. |--0-----------------3-----|--------------------3----3-| |------1-----1-3---0-----0-|------------5-----5-----5--| |----0-----0-----0-----0---|--5---5---5-----5-----5----| |--2-----2-----3-----3-----|--5-5---5-----5-----5------| |--------------------------|--3------------------------| |--3-----------3-----------|---------------------------| 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 47 .. 48 |--3-----------------3----3-|--3-----------4-----5-----| |------6-----6-----6-----6--|------5-----5-----5-----5-| |----4-----4-----4-----4----|----5-----5-----7-----5---| |--------5-----5-----5------|--------5-----------------| |---------------------------|--3-----------------0-----| |--3------------------------|--------------7-----------| 1 2 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 49 50 |--7---0-----0-8---------------|--6-----------4-----------| |--0-----0----------10------10-|------6-----6-----5-----5-| |----7-----7------9-------9----|----7-----7-----7-----7---| |--------------10------10------|--0-----8-----------6-----| |--------------0---------------|--------------------------| |--4---------------------------|--------------0-----------| 4 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 51 52 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|--5-----------------------|--------------------------| 1 4 2 3 4 3 1 4 1 1 2 3 57 58 |--1---0-1-----0-----0-----|--------------0-----1-----| |----1-----0-3---0-------1-|--3---0-----0-----0-----0-| |------------------7---2---|----2-----2---2-------2---| |--3-----3-----6-----------|--0-----0-------2---0-----| |--0-----2-----------0-----|--------------------------| |--------------4-----------|--1-----------0-----------| 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 1 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 59 60 .. |--0-----------0-----------|---------------------------| |------1-----1-----0-----0-|------------1-----1-----1--| |--2-2-----2-----1-----1---|--2---2---2-----2-----2----| |--2-----2-----2-----0-----|----2---2-----2-----2------| |--------------------------|--0------------------------| |--0-----------0-----------|--------------------0----0-| 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 61 .. 62 . . |---------------------------|--------0---5-0-8----12-8-----| |------3-----3-----3-----3--|----1-----1-------10------10--| |----4-----4-----4-----4----|------2-----------------------| |--2-----2-----2-----2------|--2---------------------------| |---------------------------|--0---------------------------| |--4-----------------0----0-|---------------------0------0-| 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 63 .. 64 . . |----7------------------------|--------0---5-0-8----12-8-----| |--9------9-------------------|----1-----1-------10------10--| |------10---7-10---7---1------|--2---2-----------------------| |----------------9---3---2-0--|--2---------------------------| |-----------------------------|--0---------------------------| |--0-------------------0----0-|----------------------0-----0-| 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 1 2 65 .. 66 |----7------------------------|----0----8------------5-----| |--9------9-------------------|------10---10-------5---5---| |------10---7-10---7---1------|--------------9---5-------5-| |----------------9---3---2-0--|----------------7-----------| |-----------------------------|--0-------------------------| 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