Bensusan

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"Bensusan" by Michael Hedges.

Windham Hill recording- Aerial Boundaries

Transcribed by Michael Gunter.

Most of the credit for this transcription should go to David Morse

<morse_dl@corning.com>, whose transcription set me on the right track.

I saw a bunch of little problems so I decided to redo it a bit. I know

it's not yet perfect, but hey -- Michael Hedges is too much a god for

us mortals to ever aspire to copy.

One thing I'd really like to know if someone out there does: How does he

get such explosive harmonics (measures 4, 12, 16, etc...)?

Any glaring problems? I'm at <mikeyg@freenet.fsu.edu>.

P.S. I've seen Jeff Lo's partial transcription of "Ragamuffin". I've tried

to finish it, but I can't. Help!!

Tuning: CGDGAC, capo III

4/4 time, except in measures 18 and 21 (3/4).

| = The quarter note beats.

. = Eighths between beats.

Let notes ring throughout, especially where indicated by ====.

| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C-0=====||====-----------------------------|------------------------------0=|
A-------||-------2p0-------------0---------|--------------------------------|
G-------||.-----------0--------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
D-------||.--------------0-h-2-----------3-|------0---------------0---------|
G-------||---0-----------------------------|----------------0---------5-----|
C-------||---------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|===-----------2-----------------|-------------------------12^----|
A|------2p0-------------0---------|-------------------------12^----|
G|----------0---------------0-----|----------0--------------12^----|
D|------------------0-----------3-|------0-------------------------|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------------|
C|--------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------2p0-------------0---------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------0--------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
D|--------------0-h-2-----------3-|------0---------------0-------2=|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------5-----|
C|--------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|===---3p2-----0-----------------|--2---3p2-----0-----------------|
G|----------0-----------0---------|----------0-----------0---------|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--2---------------5-------4---2-|

9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--4---5p4-----0================-|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------0-----|
G|----------------------0---------|----5==================---------|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--0====================-----2-/-|

11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------0-----------------|-------------------------12^----|
A|--------0h1-------1-p-0---------|-------------------------12^----|
G|-------0------------------0-----|----------0--------------12^----|
D|------3-----------------------3-|------0---------------0---------|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------------|
C|--------------------------------|--3-----------3---5-------------|

13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------0--------------10=|===-----------9-----------------|
A|--------0h1-------1-p-0---------|------------------7-p-0---------|
G|-------0------------------0-----|------------------------------0-|
D|------3-------------------------|----------8---------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------------|-----10-------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------0-----------------|-------------------------12^----|
A|--------0h1-------1-p-0---------|-------------------------12^----|
G|-------0------------------0-----|----------0--------------12^----|
D|------3-----------------------3-|------0---------------0---------|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------------|
C|--------------------------------|--3-----------3---5-------------|

17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------| &lt;--This measure
G|----------0---------------0-----|----------0-------------|    is 3/4
D|--0---------------0-------------|--0---------------------|
G|--------------------------------|------------------------|
C|--7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-0-5-|--7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-7--\--|

| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|--------------0---2-h-3-p-2-p-0-|
A|--------------------------------|--------0h1---------------------|
G|----------0---------------0-----|-------0------------------------|
D|--0---------------0-------------|------3-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0---0-|--3---------------2-------------|

19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|----------------------0---0-h-2-|
A|--------0h1-p-0-----------------|------0---0-h-1---1-------------|
G|-------0----------------------0-|--0-----------------------------|
D|------3---------------0h1h3-----|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|------------------0-------------|
C|--3---------------2-------------|--3-----------------------------|

21 | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--4-p-0-0-5-p-0-7-/---/-|11----------12^===----------11==|
A|------------------------|----12^------------------7^-----|
G|------------------------|--------12^----------7^---------|
D|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--2-------3-------------|--------------------------------|
C|------------------------|-0---------------0--------------|

|.......3/4 time.......|

23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|===----------12^===----------11=|===-----------9---------------7=|
A|-----12^------------------7^----|-----12^-------------10---------|
G|---------12^----------7^--------|---------12^-------------11-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C|--0---------------0-------------|--0---------------0-------------|

25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|===-----------6====-----------7=|===-----------6---6-----------4-|
A|------9---------------7---------|------9---------------0---------|
G|----------9---------------7-----|----------9---------------7-----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|------------------0-------------|
C|--0---------------0-------------|--0-----------------------------|

27 | . | . | . | .

C|--4-----------2---2-----------0==||
A|------5---------------3----------||  Repeat back to first full measure
G|----------5---------------4-----.||   then go on.
D|--------------------------------.||
G|--0---------------0--------------||
C|---------------------------------||

28 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|===-----------------------------|------------------------------0=|
A|------2p0-------------0---------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
D|--------------0-h-2-----------3-|------0---------------0---------|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------5-----|
C|--------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

30 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|===-----------2-----------------|-------------------------12^----|
A|------2p0-------------0---------|-------------------------12^----|
G|----------0---------------0-----|----------0--------------12^----|
D|------------------0-----------3-|------0-------------------------|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------------|
C|--------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

32 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------2p0-------------0---------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
D|--------------0-h-2-----------3-|------0---------------0-------2=|
G|--0-----------------------------|----------------0---------5-----|
C|--------------------------------|--5-----------5---4-------------|

34 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|===---3p2-----0-----------------|--2---3p2-----0-----------------|
G|----------0-----------0---------|----------0-----------0---------|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--2---------------5-------4---2-|

36 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--4---5p4-----0================-|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--2---3p2-----0-----------------|
G|----------------------0---------|----------0-----------0---------|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--2---------------5-------4---2-|

38 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--4---5p4-----0================-|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0---------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--2---3p2-----0-----------------|
G|----------------------0---------|----------0-----------0---------|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--2---------------5-------4---2-|

40 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .

C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--2---3p2-----0-----------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------0-----------0---------|----5==========================-|
C|--2---------------5-------4---2-|--0============================-|

slow.................|

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