This easy-to-read modern tablature should correspond exactly to the 19th century guitar work Carnival of Venice by Zani de Ferranti. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: CV4.
Title: Carnival of Venice - Variation 4.
Composer: Zani de Ferranti.
Tuning: E B E G# B E.
Time sig: 6/8.
Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String):
Ferranti specifies where the melody is confined to the 2nd string in
this movement. It's not clear from the position of the printed
instructions in the original if the 1st string kicks in on the 3rd or
2nd note from the end of m19.
M1 "sons Trembles" means vibrato, I suppose.
M23 very last note is shown as an A#. (The # would be in effect from the
previous A#.) The note is changed to a B (fret 7) here.
IMPORTANT!!! RHYTHM ELEMENTS TO BE HAND-CORRECTED!!!
These 16th-note pairs must be changed to dotted 16th/32nd-note pairs:
M3 p6-7.
M4 p3-4.
M5 p5-6.
M6 p3-4, p7-8.
M7 p14-15.
M8 p3-4.
These 32nd-note pairs must be changed to dotted 32nd/64th-note pairs:
M24 p23-24. (Very last pair in measure.)
Tablature elements to be added by hand:
Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following
uninterrupted notes on the same string.
M3 p1s2, p7s2-m4p1s2.
M5 p6s2-m6p1s2.
M7 p1-4s2, p5-8s2, p9-12s2, p15s2-m8p1s2.
M11 p4-5s2.
M12 p3-4s2.
M14 p1-3s2, p6-8s2.
M17 p1s2.
M21 p4s6.
M23 p13-15s1.
M24 p24s6(last note)-m25p1s6.
Fermatas:
M25 p1.
M25 last note in the last measure.
Take a moment to fill out the 16th- and 32nd-note beams.
Explanation of symbols:
z = rest. Fill in to make a solid block.
. (within the tablature) = endpoint of the note sounding on that string.
_ (above the rhythm symbols) = stress. Ferranti uses /\ in the original.
cdza. = cadenza. Ferranti uses small notes. Curly brackets { } are used here
to show where the cadenza begins and ends.
Fret numbers without stems represent grace notes.
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Carnival of Venice - Variation 4. CV4: Page 1 of 2.
E B E G# B E. Leading measures: 1 6 9 14 18. Zani de Ferranti.
6/8. Adagio non troppo. sons Trembles.
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Ferranti. Var. 4. Leading measures: 21 23 25 25. CV4: Page 2 of 2.
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