| Song: |
Spring/La Primavera The Four Seasons
By Antonio Vivaldi
Key of E Major
Tab Notations:
none = blow - = draw * = button in
. = lower register ____= hold/sustain
! = staccato ~ = trill
| | = measure __|__ = hold note into next measure
-4__-3 = slur, or slide smoothly from one note to the next (in this example slide from -4 to -3)
Mvt 1:
Cheerfully, briskly 4/4 Time
Springtime is upon us.
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Song of the birds
|-8-7-8 -8-7-8 -8-7-8 -8-7-8|
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|-8! -8! -8! -8! -8! -8! -8! 8* -9*|
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The birds celebrate her return with festive song
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and murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezes.
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Thunderstorms, those heralds of Spring, roar,
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|3*_-3 3*_-3 -4_-3 -4_-3 3*_-3 3*_-3 -4_-3 -4_-3|
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|-6* 6 -5* 6 -6* 7* -6* -4|
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casting their dark mantle over heaven,
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|-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4-.4
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|7* -6* 6 -6* 7* -7 7* 5*|
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Then they die away to silence, and the birds take up their charming songs once more.
|5*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*! 7*!|
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|9*_-9 9*_-9 9* 9*_-9 9*_-9 9*_|
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|-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 7* 7* 7* 7* -7|
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Mvt 2:
Slowly Time change to 3/4
On the flower-strewn meadow, with leafy branches rustling overhead, the goat-herd sleeps, his faithful dog beside him.
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Mvt 3: Cheerfully, briskly Time change to 12/8
Led by the festive sound of rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds lightly dance beneath the brilliant canopy of spring.
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