Spring / La Primavera from The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi
- Type:
- Chromatic
- Key:
- E
- Level:
- Expert
- Posted by:
- EarthDogHarpin
Spring/La Primavera The Four Seasons<br />By Antonio Vivaldi<br />Key of E Major<br /><br />Tab Notations:<br />none = blow - = draw * = button in <br />. = lower register ____= hold/sustain<br />! = staccato ~ = trill<br />| | = measure __|__ = hold note into next measure<br />-4__-3 = slur, or slide smoothly from one note to the next (in this example slide from -4 to -3)<br /><br /><br />Mvt 1: <br />Cheerfully, briskly 4/4 Time<br /><br />Springtime is upon us.<br /> 1<br />| 6|7* 7* 7* -6* 6 -8__ -8 -7|<br /><br />|7* 7* 7* -6* 6 -8__ -8 -7|<br /><br />|7* -7 -8 -7 7* -6* -5* -4 6|<br /><br />|7* 7* 7* -6* 6 -8__ -8 -7|<br />5<br />|7* 7* 7* -6* 6 -8__ -8 -7|<br /><br />|7* -7 -8 -7 7* -6* 6|-8 -7 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|<br /><br />|-8 -7 7* -7 -8 8* -8 6|8* -8 -7 7* -6* 6 -6*~|<br />10<br />|6 6 -8 -7 7* -7 -8|8* -8 6 -8 -7 7* -7 -8|<br /><br />|8* -7 6 8* -8 -7|7* -6* 6 -6*~ -8-7-8 -8-7-8|<br /><br /> Song of the birds<br />|-8-7-8 -8-7-8 -8-7-8 -8-7-8|<br />15<br />|-8! -8! -8! -8! -8! 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