Barber's Adagio 4 strings (from Platoon)

by Samuel Barber/Tiesto/Muse/movie soundtracks · posted by Morph

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Samuel Barber - Barber's Adagio for strings

great piece. I've tabbed the 1st violin. I like it in D but you can do it also in C as well as others I suppose. 

This is not the whole song. I've only tabbed the first 3 minutes and 16 seconds as it later traverses a few octaves or watever. This first part is the most famous bit.

... means hold note for a very long time
. means hold note briefly longer than other notes
check MIDI for timing and such.

Line    Tab
1.	-6... -6' -6 -7 -6' -6 -7 -6 -7 7
2.	-6 -7 7 -7 7 -8 -7...-7.-6...
3.	-6 -7 7 -6 6 -5 5 -4 4 -3
4.	4 -4 5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -5 5. -6...
5.	-6' -6 -7 -6' -6 -7 -6 -7 7
6.	-6 -7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 -9 -9...
7.	8... 10''.-10...

8.	-6 7 -7 6. 6 -6. -7. 7. 
9.	-7 -6 -7 -6. -6 6 -6 -(67) -6 6 -5 -6.
10.	6 -6 6. -5 5 -5 6. -5... -5 -6 6 5.

11.	-6. -6'. -6 -6... -7. 8. 7. -7 7 -8...
12.	-8 -7 -8 -7... -7 -9 8 -8 7 -7.
13.	7 -6 -7 6 -6 -7 -6 -7 7 -6...
14.	-(67)-(67). -6. 6... -5 5 -5 5.


Note: if you are good on your overblows, play -7o instead of -7 in Lines 12-14 only.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound