Moods for Guitar - 5. Nightmare - Ruth Nunn (born 1954) edition: Novello 20217, edited by John W Duarte (Sevenoaks, England, 1978) see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 18 September 2019 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/nunn_moods_for_guitar_5_nightmare.mid tuning: EADGBE key: C time: 6/8, 4/4 tempo: 66 bpm (dotted quarter notes) p i m i m i p i m i m i simile sempre (continue play the same way) 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . E|-----0---0-------0---0---|-----0---0-------0---0---|-----0---0-------0---0---| B|---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7---7---7-| G|-5===========5===========|-------------------------|-7===========7==========\| D|-------------------------|-6===========7===========|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 mf cresc. gliss. f 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . 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E|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| B|-----4---4-------4---4---|-----6---6-------7---7---|-----8---8-------9---9---| G|---5-------5---5-------5-|---7-------7---8-------8-|---9-------9---10------10| D|-6===========6===========|-8==========/9==========\|\10=========/11==========| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 mf cresc. rall. F. 10 | . . | . . E|-0===================0---| B|-9===================----| G|-10==================----| D|-11==================----| A|-0===================----| E|-------------------------| 1 2 3 ff pp 4/4 very freely c5____ 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|--3=========0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|--------------1---|---------------5-|-8=========5-----|-----------------| G|----------------2-|-0=============--|-------------5---|-----------------| D|------------------|-----------------|---------------7-|-----------------| A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-8===========7---| E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 3 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 pp i p F. arp. F. F. 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|| B|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|| G|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|| D|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|| A|-0===============|-0===============|-0===============|=================|| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| metal. sul tasto ppp Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "These short pieces are for the enjoyment of students with modest technical accomplishment. They are intended to emphasise the musicality of the instrument and to illutrate its many moods. [5. Nightmare] A bad dream, and the piece should be played as such.The glissandi should be accentuated to get the 'eerie' effect. The final chord in 6/8 time [measure 10] should be aggressively struck as this is the moment of awakening, after which peace returns." - Ruth Nunn (1978) The MIDI does not have the glissandos. measure 15 - play the chord with the back of the nail of the index finger left hand fingering below tab right hand fingering above tab 1 - index finger p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger a - ring finger === - notes held, length of note, duration / - slide the note up (glissando) \ - slide the note down (glissando) < < < - crescendo - becoming gradually louder > > > - decrescendo - becoming gradually softer accel. - accelerando - accelerating, gradually getting faster, increasing speed arp. - arpeggiate - rip-ple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note bpm - beats per minute c5 - part barre on the 5th fret cresc. - crescendo - becoming gradually louder f - forte - loud ff - fortissimo - very loud F. - Fermata - pause, note(s) held gliss. - glissando - a continuous slide from the 1st note to the 2nd note metal. - metallico - play close to the bridge to get a metallic sound mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud p - (below the tab) piano - soft pp - pianissimo - very soft ppp - pianississimo - extremely soft rall. - rallentando - slowing down (often becoming gradually softer) subito - suddenly (p subito - suddenly soft) tasto - fingerboard (sul tasto - play above or near the fingerboard to get a mellower sound) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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