#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov (Bo Parker) Subject: TAB: The Constitution March Hi folks Here's a flatpicking arrangement that I transcribed from a cassette I recorded at a June 1994 Norman Blake guitar workshop. It's a fiddle tune called "The Constitution March." Capo at the second or third fret and play it with with a loose right hand, not too fast. This one's fairly typical of a lot of the stuff Norman plays these days - a very "tuneful" piece with a certain amount of melodic and harmonic "unexpectedness." * * is a repeat symbol. Each | above the staff marks the passage of one (4/4) beat. The chords -0- like in measure 17, etc., are strummed. -1- -0- -2- TAB: The Constitution March, arr. Norman Blake, TAB by Bo Parker, Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov Pickup measure | | | | |-----------------| |-----------------| |-------------0---| |---------------3-| |-----------------| |-----------------| Part A C F 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | |-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-1-0-------------| |-----------------|-1---1-3-1-------|-----------------|-----3-1-1-------| |*----0---0---0-2-|-----------2-0---|-----0---0-------|---------0/2---0-| |*2---------------|---------------3-|-2---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| _1_________________ C G | C 5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | | |-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------| |-----------------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------| |-----0---0---0-2-|-----------------|-----0-2-0-------|-------------0--*| |-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| _2_________________ | C 16| | | | |-------0---------| |-3-1-3---1-------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| Part B C G C G C F 17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | | |-0---3-------0---|---------0-------|-0---3-------0---|-1-0-------------| |-1-------3-------|-1---1-3---3-1---|-1-------3-------|-----3-1-1-------| |*0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|---------0/2-----| |*2-------0-------|-2---------------|-2-------0-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C G C G C 21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | | |-0---3-------0---|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------| |-1-------3-------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------| |-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----0-2-0-------|----------------*| |-2-------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Enjoy -Bo Parker Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov (<- MAIL to this address. REPLIES to this address will probably bounce.)