Etude in a Minor

Song

Etude in A minor by M. Carcassi

Tabbed by Carl Brown (cbrown@ciit.org)

This is a nice little exercise, play evenly all as eighth notes.

Note the pedal notes (E as V-chord) of Am, and some dissonant parts that

could be 'Malmsteened' on electric...

e|----||----0----0----0---0-|-------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|----||----------------0---|-----1-----------|
G|----||-2----1----2--------|---2-------------|
D|--2-||--------------------|-----------------|
A|----||--------------------|-0---------------|
E|----||--------------------|-----------------|
e|---------0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0---|
B|-------0-----------|-------1-------|
G|-----1-------------|----2----------|
D|-------------------|-------------2-|
A|-------------------|-0-------------|
E|--0----------------|---------------|
e|-----0----0----0---0-|-----------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----------------0---|--------1------------|
G|--2----1----2--------|-----2---------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--0------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
e|-------------------|--------0-0--||
B|---------0-0-0-0-0-|------0------||
G|------2------------|----1--------||
D|----1--------------|-------------|| Repeat
A|--2----------------|-------------|| bars 1-8
E|-------------------|--0----------||
e|-||--------------------|--------0-0-0-0-0--|
B|-||--------------------|------1------------|
G|-||------0---0---0---0-|----0--------------|
D|-||----------------0---|--2----------------|
A|-||----3---2---3-------|-------------------|
E|-||--3-----------------|-------------------|
e|---------3-3-3-3-3--|
B|-------2------------|
G|-----2--------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--0-----------------|
E|--------------------|
e|--------1------1--|----0---0---0---0-|-------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|------3------3----|--------------0---|-----1-----------|
G|----2------2------|--2---1---2-------|---2-------------|
D|--0------0--------|------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|------------------|-0---------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

First ending

e|--------0------0--|--------0-0---||
B|------0------3----|------1-------||
G|----1------1------|----2---------||    repeat
D|------------------|------------2-|| (start @ bar 9)
A|--0------0--------|--0-----------||
E|------------------|--------------||

Second ending

e|--------5-------4--|--------0-5--||
B|------3-------3----|------1------||
G|----4-------4------|-------------||
D|-------------------|----2--------||
A|-------------------|--0----------||
E|--0-------0--------|-------------||

--

Carl Brown (cbrown@ciit.org)

Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology

Research Triangle Park, NC