This excerpt is played in a very free (rubato) fashion; Iíve tried to group the measures according to the phrasing, rather than trying to cram the notes into a regular meter.
The chord symbol F#7 13b9 is a cumbersome but accurate way of describing
a sound that can also be analyzed as D#/F#7.
At the asterisk in measure 5, I explain the procedure for sounding the artificial harmonics. To elaborate, begin by making the chord shape which youíll hold down for the entire measure. At the 4th note of the bar (Gb) youíll begin the "harp effect" by sounding that note with your middle finger, The next note (Ab) is written as a harmonic; it is fingered on the 4th fret. With your right hand index finger, touch the "node point" directly above the 16th fret (remember that the harmonics are sounded 12 frets higher than the fingered notes. Itís easy if you realize that the fingerboard "begins all over again" at the 12th fret, where the notes correspond to the open strings an octave higher). Use you thumb to sound the harmonic, with your right hand index touching the 16th fret and your left hand holding the 4th fret. Repeat this process by using your right hand middle finger to sound the subsequent Db (3rd string 6th fret), harmonic sounding at the 18th fret (you should be fingering the 6th fret on the 5th string), etc.
Page two begins with some lovely voicings in fourths, and progresses up to the last two bars which feature some beautiful chordal movement and harmonized descending thirds which imply an altered V7 (G7) chord to lead into the melody of the tune. |
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