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Mediterranean Sundance Rio Ancho

Al Di Meola
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

By Al di Meola and Paco de Lucía

From the album "Friday Night in San Francisco"

Transcription by Hugo Pablo Ferpozzi

Gentlemen,

I 've transcribed Al's parts mostly, because Paco's parts are rimthmical

at first.

Maybe the positions of the fingers are not exactly the same, but

soundsthe most accurate way as possible.

Al plays a steel-string guitar using a pick (quite thin, I think), while

paco uses a nylon-string, of course, and for sure, using his fingers.

I couldn't transcribe all the song, it's just impossible, I wrote down

only the part

I can play following the music, after that, Al starts picking ultra-fast

and I get lost inmediatly.

I must thank Eric Shen because his transcriptions of the studio version

of Mediterranean Sundance helped me very much.

These tabs are a bit untidy perhaps, but that's all Tab 'o Bucket's

fault, though it's an useful soft.

I don't think that it would be a great idea to make the WHOLE tab from

this song, it would be impossible to read, thus impossible to play.

Above the lines there are the chords Paco plays, or some othernotes to

make it more

clear

Part A: (x2) (strum)

(x2)

e|------0--------0--------0----------0--|--------------------------0------|=
B|---1--------1--------1----------1-----|---------0----------------0------|=
G|4--------2--------0--------0h2--------|------0-----0-------------0------|=
D|--------------------------------------|---4-----------4----------2------|=
A|--------------------------------------|2-----------------2-------2------|=
E|--------------------------------------|---------------------0----0------|=

Play A again

Part B:

Em(short, fast strum) D(same) C(same)

B7(let ring)

e|-----------------10------10/12-|-------12--10--7--7/10\7--|-7--7--7--5--3=
B|----8-----10/12------12--------|----8--10--8---5--5/8-\5--|-5--5--5--3--1=
G|-9-----9-----------------------|-9------------------------|--------------=
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------=
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------=
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------=
e|--5--3--2--2--|
B|--3--1--0--0--|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

(Part B ends here) =

B7

e|2--3--5--3--2-----------------2--3--5--3--2-------------------|---------|
B|---------------4--5--7--5--4-----------------5--4--5- 5/7--7--|---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|

Em =

e|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
B|7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7--------------|-----------|
G|----------------8--9--11--9--8------------------9--8--9--9--|-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|

B7 =

e|7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7--------------------------|
B|----------------7--8--10--8--7------------------10--8--10--10/12--12----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Em =

e|--7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7--------------|--------|
B|------------------7--8--10--8--7------------------8--7--------|--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------9--9--|--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|

Play part B again

Part X:

(fast) B7 =

e|2--3--5--3--2-----------------2--3--5--3--2-------------------|---------|
B|---------------4--5--7--5--4-----------------5--4--5--5/7--7--|---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------|

Em =

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
B|7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7--8--7--8--7--------|-----|
G|----------------8--9--11--9--8------------------------------9--9--|-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|

B7 =

e|7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7-------------12/14--14----|
B|----------------7--8--10--8--7------------------10--8--10---------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Em(let ring) =

e|--7--8--10--8--7------------------7--8--10--8--7--------------|--------|
B|------------------7--8--10--8--7------------------8--7--------|--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------9-----|--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|

Part X ends here =

knock guitar o strum muted

(Paco plays leads this part; however, plays some chords too)

G

e|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
G|------------------------|--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0h2--|---------------|
D|------------------------|--------4-----4-----4----------|---------------|
A|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|

Em Em G

e|------------------r--r--|-------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------e--e--|----------------------0--|---------------------|
G|------------------s--s--|--0--0-----0-----0h2-----|---------------------|
D|2--2--1--2--1--2--t--t--|--------4-----4----------|---------------------|
A|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|

G7 F

e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------|
B|-----------------------------|-------------------------0h1--|-----------|
G|------------------------0h2--|--------------------0h2-------|-----------|
D|3--3--2--3--2--3--2--3-------|--3--3--2--3--2--3------------|-----------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------|

C (strum) =

e|------------------|-------------------------|--7--r--r--r--|------------|
B|------------------|--7----------------------|--7--e--e--e--|------------|
G|2--2--1--2--1--2--|-----9--8----------------|--8--s--s--s--|------------|
D|------------------|-----------10--9--10--9--|--7--t--t--t--|------------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|--9-----------|------------|
E|------------------|-------------------------|--7-----------|------------|

(end of Paco's Lead) =

Em Am7 D7

e|----12------12--------------12------12--------------10------10----------|
B|12------12------12--12--12------12------10--10--10------10--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------11------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G

e|--------10------10--------------10------10------------------------------|
B|----10------10--------------10------10----------------------------------|
G|11------------------11--11------------------11--11--11--11/12-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------14-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C7M B7

e|----------------------------------------7h8--7---------7--|-------------|
B|----5/7--7--7-----7--8--10--7-----8h10----------10--8-----|-------------|
G|---------------9---------------9--------------------------|-------------|
D|12--------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------|

Em Am7

e|----12------12------12----------12-------------------------10-----------|
B|12------12------12------12--12------12--10/12--12--10--10------10-------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D7

e|10----------------10------10----------------10------10------------------|
B|--------------10------10----------------10------10------10--------------|
G|----11/14\11------------------11/14\11----------------------8/11--11----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G ... =

e|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
G|11--11--12----------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|------------14--12--|-----------------????????????----------------------|
A|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

(improvise following the pattern)

.

.

End the song with B and X =

Well, that's all I know. It's short but hard. For sure you'll need to =

listen

to the song to be able to understand this.

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