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Prelude No 2 In A

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12 Preludes - Prelude No 2 in A (Book 1) - Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
tuning - E A D G B E time - 3/8
Vivo (Lively)
a m i a a
i m i p p
1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--5h7-5-------|--5=======5===|======5=======|--5--p3---3---|--3h5-3-2-----|
|--------7-6p4-|------7---6---|--4-----------|--2===========|----------4-2-|
|--------------|--------------|------7---6---|--4===========|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
2 4 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 2
4 3 1 4 3 1
3
f (loud)
CII.....
6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--3--p2---3===|======3=======|--3--p2---2---|--2h3-2h3-5---|----------0---|
|----------4---|--2---1-------|--1===========|--2=======----|--------------|
|--------------|----------4---|--3===========|--4=======----|--6--h7-------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--4===========|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
2 1 2 4 2 2
3 1 1 3 1 3 4
3 1
> (gradually becoming softer) f p (soft)
CII......... CII.......................................
11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--2-----3-5===|======--0---0-|--2-----3-2===|====3-2-----3-|--2-----3-2===|
|--2=======----|------2---2---|--2===========|--2======-----|--2===========|
|--4=======----|--------------|--4===========|--3=======----|--2===========|
|--------------|--4===========|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
2 4
3 3 2
cresc (gradually getting louder)............
16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|====3-2-----3-|--5-----7-5===|====7-5-----7-|--5-----7-5===|====7-5-------|
|--------------|--2-----------|--------------|--2-----------|------------7-|
|--0===========|--------------|--7===========|--------------|--0===========|
|--------------|--4-----------|--------------|--4-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--7===========|--------------|--------------|
2 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 1 4
1 3 1
3 2 3
< (gradually getting louder).................
21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--0-----2-0===|====2-0-----2-|--0-----2-0===|====2-0-----2-|--0-----2-0===|
|--2=======----|--------------|--2===========|==========----|--0===========|
|--2=======----|--------------|--3===========|==========----|--3===========|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--0=======----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
4 2 2 2 2 3 2
3 1
2 3
dim (gradually becoming softer) <........
26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|====2-0-----2-|--0-----2-0===|====2-0-----2-|--0-----2-0===|====2-0-----2-|
|==========----|--1===========|==========----|--1===========|==========----|
|==========----|--0===========|==========----|--0===========|==========----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--0===========|==========----|--0===========|==========----|
2 2 1 2 3
f ff (very loud) >.............
rit (slowing down)
CII.....
31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--2h3-2h3-5---|
|--------------|--------------|--6===========|==============|--2=======----|
|--2h4-2-0-----|--------------|--7===========|==============|--4=======----|
|----------4-2/|//7===========|--8===========|==============|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--0===========|==============|--------------|
2 4 2 4 2 2 2
f p
arp arp
36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|----------0===|==============|-)5===========|-)5===========|
|----------0---|--1h3-1h3-----|--------------|-(7===========|-(7===========|
|--------------|--2=======----|--0-----------|-)7===========|-)7===========|
|--6--h7-------|--3=======----|--2-----------|-(0===========|-(0===========|
|--4=======----|--------------|--3-----------|-)0===========|-)0===========|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-(0===========|-(0===========|
3
1
p pp (very soft) pp
CV
41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--5===========|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|7p6===========|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-<7>==========|--------------|--------------|--0===========|--7===========|
|--------------|-<12>=========|--5h7-5-4-2-0-|--5===========|--5===========|
2 4 2 1 1 4
ff p
CV
46 | | |
|--5==========||
|-------------||
|7p6==========||
|-------------||
|--7==========||
|--5==========||
p
-----
hammer-ons and pull-offs have been used for slurs up and slurs down
------
h - hammer on CII - barre on the 2nd fret
= - note held CV - barre on the 5th fret
p - pull off <7> - natural harmonic on the 7th fret
/ - slide up to next note <12> - natural harmonic on the 12th fret

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