Ru Em - Vietnamese lullaby (folk song) - arranged Khiem Nguyen-Day sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1urTRnXRmZFfSTdQje3RspYatpKTXtV_q/view see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 21 October 2022 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/anon_ru_em_vietnamese_lullaby.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niwfl6s8ucQ - Khiem Nguyem tuning: E A D G B E key: D major time: 4/4, 6/4 tempo: 92 bpm 4/4 C2__________________________________________ 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|---------2=======|-2===2===5p3-2---|-2=======2===----|-0=====0-0===--0-| B|-------------3---|---------------5-|-----3-------3===|-------------3---| G|-----------4---4-|---4===4===------|---4---4---4===4-|-----0=====0=====| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-------------| A|-----------------|-2===============|-2===============|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0=======3=======| 6/4 4/4 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----0-------0-----------|-----------------|-------------0===| B|-3=====2-3=======3===3===|---------3=====2-|-3=====3-3===----| G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|-2===2===----0===|-----0-----0===2-| D|-0===============--------|---2===2===0-----|---0-------------| A|-------------------------|-0=======--------|-----------------| E|-------------------------|---------3=======|-2=======0=======| 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-2=====2-2===2===|-5p3-2-0-2=======|-2===----0===2-0-| B|-----3=====------|-------------3---|-----3===--------| G|---2-------2===2-|-----------2---2-|---2===2===2=====| D|-0=======0=======|-0===============|-0=======--------| A|-----------------|-----------------|---------0=======| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 6/4 4/4 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----0-------0-----------|-----------------|-------------0===| B|-3=====2-3=======3===0===|---------3=====2-|-3=====3-3===----| G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|-2===2===----0===|-----0-----2===2-| D|-0===============--------|---2===2===0-----|---0-------------| A|-------------------------|-0=======--------|---------0=======| E|-------------------------|---------2=======|-3=======--------| 4 4 2 1 C2__________________________________________ 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-2=====2-2===2===|-5p3-2---2=======|-2===----0=====0-|-0===--0---------| B|-----3=====----3-|-------5-----3---|-----3===--------|-----3---3=====2-| G|---4-------4===--|-----------4---4-|---4===4===--0---|---3=====----0---| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-----|-----------2-----| A|-2=======2=======|-2===============|-2=======--------|---------0=======| E|-----------------|-----------------|---------0=======|-3=======--------| 3 2 2 3 4 1 2 18 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0===0===--0-| B|-3=======3===3===|-----2-----------|-3=====2-3=======|-3===--------3---| G|-----0-----------|-2=====2-2===2===|-----3-------0---|---0===0===3=====| D|---2---2===2===2-|---2-------4---4-|---0-------2---2-|-----------------| A|=================|-0=======--------|---------0=======|-0=======--------| E|-----------------|---------2=======|-3=======--------|---------3===----| 4 1 2 3 3 4 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 W 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----------------|-----------------|| B|-3=====2-3=======|=========--------|| G|-----0=====2-----|-----------------|| D|---2-----0===4-2-|-0===============|| A|-0=======--------|-----------------|| E|-----------------|-----------------|| Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ru em - a Vietnamese lullaby folk song by Xe Dang ethnic group living in the southern central highland of Vietnam, surrounded by jungles and mountains. It is a lullaby song that the elder sister (or elder brother) sings to the little brother/sister to soothe him/her to sleep while their parents are away hunting and collecting vegetables in the forest for the supply of the family. The elder sister or brother could well be still a child her/himself, but could also be a grown up child of the family. The melody has an innocent, soothing, yet maybe a little bit anxious vibe, depend on how you sing/play it, and the lyric pictures the used-to-be everyday life among Xe Dang ethnic group, which used to be full of challenges and used to be a life connected so tightly to the nature surrounding." - Khiem Nguyem English lyrics - Little baby, sleep tight Mama went far to gather banana plants Please lie quietly From afar jungle, Papa is searching for bamboo shoots Stop crying... little baby Fall asleep, please stop crying From afar jungle, Papa is searching for bamboo shoots Sleep tight... little baby From afar, Mama found many goody plants Please don't cry... little baby... The tempo of the Khiem Nguyen-Day reference video is ~112 bpm. measure 22 - the mordent can be played - | . ------------------| ------------------| ------------------| --4-------2h4p2---| ------------------| ------------------| Left Hand Fingering (LHF) below the tab - 1 - index finger (forefinger) 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger (annular) 4 - little finger (pinkie) === - note held, length of note, duration bpm - beats per minute (quarter notes) C2 - barre on the 2nd fret h - hammer-on p - pull-off W - upper mordent (ornament) - play main note, followed by the note above (in the scale), and then return to original note (it may be extended) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com