Four Venezuelan Pieces - 1. Melancolia - Rodrigo Riera (1923-1999) Universal Edition UE29174A (Australia, 1984) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 19 February 2023 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/riera_four_venezuelan_pieces_1_melancolia.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNhCkdJSHaQ - Patrick Lui video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMi1Zi1Z5do - Flavio Sala audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlzA3NUQ7I - Rodrigo Riera standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E major time: 3/4 Lentamente, pero con todo el sentir popular ("Slowly, but with an entirely 'popular' feeling") C2___ 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|-0---|-0=======0---|-0=======0---|-0=======4---|---------2---| G|-----|-----1=======|-----1=======|-----2=======|-2-----------| D|-----|-----2=======|-----0=======|-----1=======|-1-----------| A|-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| E|-----|-0===========|-1===========|-2===========|-2-----------| 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 ____________________________ arp. 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------4---| B|-2=======2---|-2=======4---|-2---0-------|-0-----------| G|-----2=======|-----3=======|-1=======1---|-1===========| D|-----4=======|-----2=======|-2=======----|-2===========| A|-------------|-------------|-2=======----|-------------| E|-2===========|-3===========|-0=======----|-0===========| 3 2 3 4 4 4 1 3 2 C4__________ C2_________________________ 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-4=======----|-------------|-----------2-|---------2---| B|-----4---7---|-7=======5---|-5-------4---|-------------| G|-----4=======|-----3=======|-2===========|-2-----------| D|-----6=======|-----5=======|-4===========|=============| A|-------------|-----4=======|-2===========|=============| E|-4===========|-0===========|-2===========|=============| 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 ____________________________ 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-2=======----|-------------|-------------|----<19>-----| B|-----2---5---|-5=======4---|-2---0-------|-0=======0---| G|-----2=======|-----2=======|-1=======1---|-2=======----| D|-------------|-----4=======|-2=======0---|-1=======----| A|-------------|-2=======----|-------------|-------------| E|-2===========|-------------|-0=======1---|-2=======----| 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|-0=======0---|-0=======0---|-0=======4---|-------------| G|-----1=======|-----1=======|-----2=======|-2-----------| D|-----2=======|-----0=======|-----1=======|-1-------7---| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| E|-0===========|-1===========|-2===========|-2-----------| 4 C4__________ C8 C6______ C4 21 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|---------4---|-10--9---7---|-5-------9---|-7=======9---| G|-----5-------|-8---6---8---|-6-----------|-----6=======| D|-6-----------|-10--6---6---|-6-----------|-----7=======| A|-------------|-9---7-------|-4-----------|-0===========| E|-4===========|---------8---|-------------|-------------| 3 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 C4______ C3__________ C2______ 25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| B|-7=======9---|-7---5---0---|-4-------3---|-2=======----| G|-----5-------|-4=======----|-4-----------|-----2---9---| D|-----7-------|-6=======----|-3-----------|-----4-------| A|-0===========|-------------|-4-----------|-------------| E|-------------|-4=======----|-------------|-2=======----| 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 c7__________ rit. 29 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------|-0-------4-7-|-12----------|-------------|| B|-----0---9---|-----0-5-5---|-------------|-------------|| G|-8-------8---|---1-1-4---8-|-13----------|-------------|| D|-7=======----|---2---------|-------------|-------------|| A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|| E|-7=======7---|-0===========|-------------|-0-----------|| 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 4 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The MIDI tempo is 90 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). 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 arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower <19> - natural (open) harmonic, point to the 19th fret c1 - part barre on the 1st fret C1 - barre on the 1st fret c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret [etc] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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