Karen (to Shigekazu & Ai Nobe) - Hirokazu Sato (1966-2016) edition: Gendai Guitar #471 (March 2004) see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 28 November 2018 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/sato_karen.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiPJPsqWXQ - Jin-sung Lee standard tuning: E A D G B E key: D major time: 4/4 Moderato (at a moderate pace) - - 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------0-|--2=====3-0=======|-0=====2---------|-----------------| B|-------------3---|------0===----0---|-----0===3=====3-|-2===0===--------| G|-----------2-----|*---2-------2---2-|---2---------0===|---------2=====2-| D|-----------------|*-0=======--------|-----------0-----|---0---0-----0===| A|-----------------|----------4=======|-3=======2=======|-0===------4-----| E|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----3===2=======| mp 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 - 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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E|-----------------|-----0===3===2===|-0===----2===0===|-5===3===2=======|| B|-3===============|-----3---3---3---|-----3===--0---0-|---3---3-2=======|| G|-----0-------0---|---2---2---0---0-|---2---2-0=======|-3=======2=======|| D|---3---3---2---2-|-0=======2=======|-4=======--------|---------0=======|| A|-1=======3=======|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 4 4 2 1 3 1 2 4 arp. 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 4 p 1 rall. pp Notes & Legend -------------- The tempo of the Jin-sung Lee video and the MIDI is 72 bpm (quarter notes). measure 17 - in the sheet the D on the 1st beat is a whole note tied to the D on the 1st beat of measure 48 (which is a half note) left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger ==== - note held, length of note (duration) - - (above the tab) tenuto - played firmly, slightly accented < < < - crescendo - growing louder > > > - decrescendo - growing softer c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret F. - Fermata - pause, notes held f - forte - loud mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud mp - mezzopiano - moderately soft pp - pianiassimo - very soft rall. - rallentando - slowing down (often becoming gradually softer) |--- ---| repeat the section |--- ---| |*-- --*| 1___ only play the first time |*-- --*| 2___ play on repeat (instead of 1___) |--- ---| |--- ---| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org