Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E minor - Carlos Seixas (1704-1742) transcribed by Rebeca Oliveira - Les Productions d'OZ DZ 3245 (Quebec) see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 29 June 2019 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/seixas_keyboard_sonata_no37_in_em.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xlyiyQHmI - Rebeca Oliveira standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E minor Movement I - Allegro (lively) - time: 4/4 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|--0---0---3---2---0---0---3---2---|-0---0---7---7---8---8---5---5---| B|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---5---5---------| G|*---------------------------------|---------------------------7---7-| D|*-2=======----1===2=======----1===|-2=======5=======7=======4=======| A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . 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E|-----7---------------0---|-7-----------------------|-------------0-------0---| B|-8-------10--8---7-------|---------0-------0-------|-1---0---1-------1-------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-7=======--------0=======|-------------------------|-0===============--------| E|---------8=======--------|-7===============3-------|-------------------------| 50 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-------------0-------0---|-------------------------|------------------------|| B|-0-------0-------0-------|-------------------------|------------------------|| G|-----2-------------------|-2-------0---------------|-----------------------*|| D|-------------------------|-----4-------2---4---1---|-2===============------*|| A|-------------------------|-0=======2=======2=======|------------------------|| E|-3===============--------|-------------------------|-0===============-------|| Notes and Legend ---------------- Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas was one of Portugal's most prolific composers. He is thought to have written more than 700 works, most of which were lost during an earthquake that destroyed much of Lisbon in 1755. MIDI tempos (from the Rebeca Oliveira video): Allegro 96 bpm (quarter notes), Adagio 30 bpm (quarter notes), Minuet 136 bpm (eighth notes) Below are the measures where the tab follows the video (and not the sheet). measure 1 - in the sheet there is an extra B (an eighth note, 3rd string 4th fret?) played with both of the D#s (4th strong) measure 10 - in the sheet, there are 4 triplets - 10 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | . | . |--3-----------3-----------0---------------| |--------0-----------0---------0-1-3---3---| |----0-2---2-0---0-2---2-0-----------------| |--5=====4=====2=====0=====----------------| |--------------------------3---2-3-0---0---| |------------------------------------------| measure 12 - in the sheet there is an an extra D (an eighth note, 3rd string 7th fret?) played with the two F#s (4th string) measures 22,23 - in the sheet, the open 6th string isn't used in measure 22 and the melody is an octave lower - [the sheet has an E (open 6th string) played with the G (6th string) for the second to last note of measure 23 (?)] - 22 | . | . |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | . | . | . | . |----0-0-----------0-----------0-----------|---------------------0-----------| |--------------4---------------------------|-1-------0---0-----0---0---------| |--0---0===2---4---------0-----------0-----|-----0-2-------------------------| |--2===--2-4---------2-4---4-2---2-4---4-2-|-----------------2-------2-------| |------------------7=====5=====3=====2=====|-0-------------------------2---2-| |------------------------------------------|-----------------0===0===3---3---| measure 24 - in the sheet there is no upper E (4th string 2nd fret) measure 28,29 - in the sheet the melody is played an octave lower - to avoid the 5-fret stretch in the last beat of measure 29, play the E on the 4th string 2nd fret (not the 5th string 7th fret) - 28 |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| | , . , | , . , |---------3--2--0-3--2--0-2--0----0-------------------------------| |-------------------------------4-----------------3---------------| |-0---------------------------------------------------------------| |----4--2-----------------------------2---3---2-------2----3---2--| |-----------------0=======2=======3=======------------------------| |-0=======3=======------------------------4=======4=======4=======| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| tr. tr. 29 | , . , | , . , | , . , | , . , |-------0----------------------------------------------------------| |-1--3-------0--1-0--1--3-------0----0--1-----------------0--------| |-2=======2-------0=======0--2----2---------------0-----------2-0--| |---------4=======--------2=======4=======4--5--7-----4-2----------| |-----------------------------------------6=======7================| |------------------------------------------------------------------| measure 32 - in the sheet the chord is not arpeggiated === - note held |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes in the time of 2 notes arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highet note bpm - beats per minute tr. - trill (ornament) - a rapid alternation of a note with the note above it in the scale (starting on the note above) |--- ---| repeat the section |--- ---| |*-- --*| |*-- --*| |--- ---| |--- ---| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org