Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabulated from the (much easier to play) piano score by David Atkinson
in October 1994.
V2.0 (11/94)
I have inlcuded left hand fingering underneath the tab. I think the
system I used is self-explanitary. The numbers 1 to 4 indicate the
fingers (1=index,2=middle,3=ring,4=little(pinkie)). I have left out
fingering where a section is repeated or on parts where fingering is
blatantly obvious. If anyone needs an explanation, feel free to email
me.
I transposed this to the key of A minor which seemed logical to me at the
time but I have recently been informed that Tarrega used D minor.
Tough! I experimented with the B string tuned to Bb but, although some
parts were easier, most was better with normal tuning. Anyone have any
other suggestions?
I might just try a D minor version if I find the time and motivation.
Watch this space!
Please email comments, corrections, suggestions and the rest to David
(kaum0@central.sussex.ac.uk).
p = pull-off, h = hammer-on, s = slide
===== = sustain. However, to save me hassle, sustain all the bass notes
for a whole bar where possible.
The roman numerals above the tab indicate either full barres or half
barres. The ...s indicate how long the barre lasts.
Adagio Sostenuto.
pp
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|-----1-----1-----1-----1|-----1-----1-----1-----1|
G -|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D -|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-2-----2-----2-----2----|
A -|-0----------------------|------------------------|
E -|------------------------|-3----------------------|
3 2 1 3
4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I... III..
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----3-----1-----0-----0|
G -|---2-----2-----3-----3--|---1-----2-----2-----1--|
D -|-3-----3-----3-----3----|-2-----2-----2-----0----|
A -|-------------5----------|------------------------|
E -|-1----------------------|-0-----------0----------|
3 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 1 1
1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
II
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------------------0----0|--0-----------------0----0|
B -|-----------1-----1-----1-|------3-----3-----3-----3-|
G -|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|----4-----4-----4-----4---|
D -|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----2-----|
A -|-0-----------------------|--------------------------|
E -|-------------------------|--0-----------------------|
3 1 3 2 1
2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E -|-0-----------1----------|-0-----------------3----|
B -|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----1-----1-3---0-----0|
G -|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---0-----0-----0-----0--|
D -|-2-----2-----0-----3----|-2-----2-----3-----3----|
A -|-0----------------------|------------------------|
E -|------------------------|-3-----------3----------|
2 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 3
3 2 2
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V........................
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|--------------------------|
B -|-1---1-----1-----1-----1|--------------------------|
G -|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-----5-----5-----5-8---5h8|
D -|-2-----2-----2-----2----|---5-----5-----5-----5----|
A -|-3----------------------|-6-----6-----6-----6------|
E -|------------------------|-8------------------------|
1 2 1 1 4 4
2 4 2
3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IV.....................................I.....
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------------------------|------------------------|
B -|-4-----------------4----4|-4---------------1-3---1|
G -|-----6-----6-----6-----6-|-----5-----5---2-----2--|
D -|---5-----5-----5-----5---|---6-----6---1-----0----|
A -|-------6-----6-----6-----|-6-----6----------------|
E -|-6-----------------------|-4-----3-----2----------|
1 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 1
3 3 1 2
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III............ III........
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|-3-----------4-----1----|-3-----------3----------|
G -|-----3-----3---0-2---0-2|-----3-----3-----2-----2|
D -|---5-----5---1-----1----|---5-----5-----4-----4--|
A -|-5-----5-----3----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|
E -|-3----------------------|------------------------|
1 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 1
3 1 1 3 4
1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.......................IV....III..IV....II
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------------------3----|s4-----------------2----|
B -|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|
G -|---3-----3-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|
D -|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|
A -|------------------------|-------3-----------3----|
E -|-3=============================------------------|
3 2 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 3
1 2 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.......................IV....III..IV....II...
| | | | | | | |
E -|-3-----------------3----|s4-----------------2----|
B -|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|
G -|---4-----4-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|
D -|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|
A -|------------------------|-------3-----------3----|
E -|-3=============================------------------|
III.......... III.......
| | | | | | | |
E -|-3-----------3----------|-3---0-----0-1----------|
B -|-----3-----3------------|-----------------3-----3|
G -|---4-----4-----3-6---3-6|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D -|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-------5-----0-----3----|
A -|------------------------|-4----------------------|
E -|-3-----------0----------|------------------------|
1 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 4 3
3 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
III.................... II.........
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|-4-----------3----------|------------------------|
G -|-----3-----3-----4-----4|-------------2-----2----|
D -|---5-----5-----3-----3--|-7---3-----3-----2-----2|
A -|-------6-----5-----5----|---5-----5-----5-----4--|
E -|-3-----------4----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|
2 3 1 4 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 1
1 4 2 3 4
3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII......... 1/2 V.......... V....
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------------------5----5|-5-------0-----0---5----5|
B -|-----------------6-----6-|---5-8-----8-----8---5-8-|
G -|-----------7---7-----7---|-------------------------|
D -|-----7---7---7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|
A -|---8---8-----------------|-0-----------------------|
E -|10-----------------------|-------------------------|
4 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 25 1 4 3 4 1 1 41
3 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V...... VII V...
| | | | | | | |
E -|-5-----------------5----|-7---0-----0-----0-7---0|
B -|-----6-----6-9---------6|------------------------|
G -|---7-----7-----7-9---7--|---7-----7-----7-----7--|
D -|-7-----7-----------7----|-6-----6-----6-----6----|
A -|-5----------------------|------------------------|
E -|-------------7-----5----|-4-----------------4----|
1 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 3
3 1 3 2
1 1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc p < >
V..... IV.............
| | | | | | | |
E -|-8-----------7-----5----|-4----------------------|
B -|----10----10-0---9-----7|-------5-----6---0-----0|
G -|---9-----9-----7-----5--|-----4-----4-------7----|
D -|10----10-----0-----7----|---6-----6-----6-----6--|
A -|-0-----------------6----|------------------------|
E -|------------------------|-0----------------------|
1 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 4 4
3 3
2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
< > V.......................
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|-------5-----8-----5----|
B -|-----0-----0-----0-----0|-----5-----5-----5-----5|
G -|------------------------|-5-5-----5-----5-----5--|
D -|---6-----6-----6-----6--|------------------------|
A -|-------7-----8-----5----|------------------------|
E -|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
2 3 4 1 1 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|-------------------1---4|
B -|-------------1----------|-----------0---3-0---3--|
G -|-------2-----------2----|-------1-----1----------|
D -|-----2-----2-----2-----2|---3-0---3--------------|
A -|-3-3-----3-----3-----3--|-2----------------------|
E -|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
4 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cresc V......
| | | | | | | |
E -|-----------0--s5---8-5--|-----------------------2|
B -|-------1-----1s--5-----5|---------------1---4-1--|
G -|---2-----2--------------|-----------2-----2------|
D -|-----2------------------|---1---4-1---4----------|
A -|-3----------------------|-0---3------------------|
E -|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
4 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------------------4---7|s4---1------------------|
B -|-------0-----0-6-----6--|---3---0-3---0----------|
G -|---1-------7-----7------|-----------1-----1------|
D -|-0---3--s6--------------|---------------3---0-3--|
A -|------------------------|-----------------------2|
E-|-0======================|=======================-|
1 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|------------------------|------------------------|
G -|------------------------|------------------------|
D -|-0---------0-3---0---0-3|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|
A -|-----2---------2---0----|---5-------5-2-----0----|
E -|---4---1-4--------------|-4----------------------|
4 2 1 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
B -|------------------------|------------------------|
G -|------------------------|-----------------2-----2|
D -|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|-----2-3-2--------------|
A-|---5-------5-1-----0----|---5-------5-0h3---0h3--|
E -|-4----------------------|-4-----------1----------|
1 3 2 1 3 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc pp pp
| | | | | | | |
E -|------------------------|-------------------0----0|
B -|------------------------|-----------1-----1-----1-|
G -|-----2-----2-----1-----1|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|
D -|-0h3-----3-----2-----2--|---2---2-----2-----2-----|
A -|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-0-----------------------|
E -|-------------0----------|-------------------------|
2 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | | |
E -|-0-----------------0----0|-0-----------1----------|
B -|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|
G -|---4-----4-----4-----4---|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D -|-------2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----0-----3----|
A -|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
E -|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
III.....................
| | | | | | | |
E -|-0-----------------3----|-------------------3----3|
B -|-----1-----1-3---0-----0|-----------5-----5-----5-|
G -|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-5---5---5-----5-----5---|
D -|-2-----2-----3-----3----|---5---5-----5-----5-----|
A -|------------------------|-3-----------------------|
E -|-3-----------3----------|-------------------------|
3 2 3 2 3 4 1
1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cresc V....
| | | | | | | |
E -|-3---1-----1-----1-3---1h3|-3---0-----0-4---0-5----|
B -|---3-----3-----3-----3----|---1-----1-----3-------5|
G -|-0-----0-----0-----0------|-0-----0-------------5--|
D -|--------------------------|-------------------7----|
A -|-2------------------------|-3-----------2-----0----|
E -|--------------------------|------------------------|
4 3 1 4 3 1 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1
2 3 1 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
p III........
| | | | | | | |
E -|-7---0-----0-8----------|-6-----------4---0-----0|
B -|-0-----0--------10----10|---3-6---3-6---3-----3--|
G -|---7-----7-----9-----9--|-3-----3-----1-----1----|
D -|------------10----10----|-0----------------------|
A -|-------------0----------|------------------------|
E -|-4----------------------|-------------0----------|
4 3 1 2 4 4 1 4 4 3
1 3 1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
V....................... VI... V.....
| | | | | | | |
E -|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1|
B -|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--|
G -|---5-----5-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----|
D -|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----|
A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------|
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 1
3 2 1 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
< >
V....................... VI... V.....
| | | | | | | |
E -|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1|
B -|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--|
G -|---6-----6-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----|
D -|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----|
A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------|
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
V......................
| | | | | | | |
E -|-5-----------5----------|-3---1-----1-----1-3---0|
B -|-----5-----5-----6-----6|---3-----3-----3-----1--|
G -|---6-----6-----7-----7--|-0-----0-----0----------|
D -|-7-----7-----7-----7----|------------------------|
A -|-------------5----------|-2-----------------3----|
E -|-5----------------------|------------------------|
1 2 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 1
3 3 2 3
1 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I IV.. cresc
| | | | | | | |
E -|-1---0-1-----------0----|-------------0-----1----|
B -|---1-----0-3-5---------1|-3---0-----0-----0-----0|
G -|---------------4-7---2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|
D -|-3-----3-----6-----2----|-0-----0-----2-----0----|
A -|-0-----2-----------0----|------------------------|
E -|-------------4----------|-1-----------0----------|
1 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 3
3 3 3 1
2 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | | | | | |
E -|-0-----------0----------|-------------------------|
B -|-----1-----1-----0-----0|-1---------1-----1-----1-|
G -|---2-----2-----1-----1--|-----2---2-----2-----2---|
D -|-2-----2-----0-----0----|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|
A -|------------------------|-0-----------------------|
E -|-0-----------0----------|-------------------0----0|
V.........<.......
| | | | | | | |
E -|--------------------------|-----------5---8-5-12-8---|
B -|------3-----3-----3-----3-|-------5-----5---------10-|
G -|----4-----4-----4-----4---|---5-----5----------------|
D -|--2-----2-----2-----2-----|-----7--------------------|
A -|--------------------------|-7------------------------|
E -|--4-----------------0----0|-5------------------0----0|
1 4 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 3
3 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VII.......>. V...........<.....
| | | | | | | |
E -|---7----------------------|-----------5---8-5-12-8---|
B -|-9-----9------------------|-------5-----5---------10-|
G -|----10---7-10---7---------|---5-----5----------------|
D -|--------------9----s6---0-|-7---7--------------------|
A -|------------------8---7---|-7------------------------|
E -|-0------------------0----0|-5------------------0----0|
3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 2 1 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
decresc
VII........>..... V........... II......
| | | | | | | |
E -|---7----------------------|------------------------|
B -|-9-----9------------------|------------------------|
G -|----10---7-10---7---------|-------5-----------2----|
D -|--------------9----s6---0-|-7---7---7-------2---2--|
A -|------------------8---7---|-7-7-------7---3-------3|
E -|-0------------------0----0|-5-----------5----------|
4 3 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 1
3
1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pp
pp V
| | | | | | | |
E -|-------0----------------|-------------5==========|
B -|-----1---1--------------|-------------5==========|
G -|---2-------2---2--------|-------------5==========|
D -|-2-----------2---2---2--|-------------7==========|
A-|-0-----------------3---3|p0==========-0==========|
E -|------------------------|------------------------|
2 3 1 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | | |
E -|------------------------|
B -|------------------------|
G -|------------------------|
D -|-7=======================
A -|-0=======================
E -|------------------------|
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