Prelude (No Walk Today) - Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) editions: PWM, Let's Play Guitar Vol 9, Josef Powrozniak, 2141 (Poland, 1985) Musicales Transatlantiques, Rafael Andia, E.M.T. 1646 (Paris, 1981) Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 2 May 2022 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/khachaturian_prelude_no_walk_today.mid vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4j_0zdOMfA - Uros Baric (PWM edition?) vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTFdHsn9JvY - Steve Cowan (EMT edition) standard tuning: E A D G B E key: - (modal) time: 3/8 Allegro moderato (moderately quick) c5_______ 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | e|-5========|-0========|-5========|-0========|-8=====8--|-7========|-5=====5--| B|----6-----|----------|----6-----|----------|----10----|----9-----|----6-----| G|-------7--|----5-----|-------7--|----5-----|-------10-|-------10-|-------5--| D|----------|-------7--|----------|-------7--|----------|----------|----------| 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E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 rit. 78 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | e|-3--1--0--|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-0========| B|----------|-3--1--0--|-1=====---|-1=====---|-3=====---|-3=====---|-5========| G|----------|----------|-------2--|-------2--|-------4--|-------4--|-6========| D|----------|----------|----3=====|----3=====|----5=====|----5=====|----------| A|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-0========| E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------| 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 85 | | | | | | e|==========|====------|| B|==========|====------|| G|==========|====------|| D|----------|----------|| A|==========|====------|| E|----------|----------|| Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is an arrangement of a piano piece by Khachaturian called 'No Walk Today (Ivan Can't Go Out Today)' ('Scherzo'), taken from the collection 'Pictures of Childhood', also known as 'Album for Children, Volume I for Piano' (1947) and 'Adventures of Ivan'. In the piano score there is no key signature (the piece is modal) but it is similar to C minor, ending on a C major triad (a 'Picardy cadence'). Both guitar editions have arranged the piece a minor 3rd lower, which sounds similar to A minor. (There is also an ABRSM transcription a major 3rd higher, sounding like E minor.) The given tempo is 66 bpm, which is faster than it is usually played on the guitar). Where there are differences between the two guitar editions, I have used the one that is closer to the piano score. The tempo of the MIDI is 56 bpm (beats per minute - dotted quarter notes). measure 27 - in the Rafael Andia EMT edition the first note (E on the 4th string 2nd fret) is held for 2 measures measure 29 - in the Rafael Andia EMT edition there is just the open E on the 3rd beat (no C - 2nd string 1st fret) measures 35-36 - these are repeated in the Rafael Andia EMT edition measure 49 - in the Rafael Andia EMT edition the first note is an octave lower (open 5th string) and is held for 2 measures measure 84 - in the Rafael Andia EMT edition the chord is A-A-C#-E-E (with the extra A played on the 4th string 7th fret) left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger === - length of note, duration, note held c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret with the 1st finger c5 - part barre on the 5th fret with the 1st finger c7 - part barre on the 7th fret with the 1st finger f - forte - loud, strong mf - mezzo-forte - moderately loud p - piano - soft rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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