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I play this in C position with the capo on the second fret. It requires lots of pick movement across chords, since much of the melody is made up of arpeggios. This makes it a pretty good right-hand exercise, and yet I find it easier to play fast than in the D position with no capo.
The A part is not too tricky, but the B part has a couple of interesting parts. I play measure 18 by flattening the first section of my ring finger, bending the first joint backwards. At the end of measure 19, I use my first finger to slide from the 3rd fret to the second fret, but I still try to pick the individual notes. In measure 21, I hold a 5-finger F chord, even though I pick only four of the strings. Except for the triplets in the A part, I haven't noted any hammer-ons or pull-offs, but I sometimes resort to them when my mandolin-playing friends get going too fast.
Capo on 2 - Fast
Pick-up measure
N/C h3_
| | | |
|-----------------|
|---------------0-|
|-------------02--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
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Part A
C(D) F(G) C(D) F(G) C(D) F(G) C(D) G(A)h3_
1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|
|*--0---0---2-0---|---0---0---2-0---|-----------2-0---|-------------02--|
|*----2---3-----3-|-2---2---3-----3-|-2---0-2-3-----3-|-2---0-2-0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|---0-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_1________________
C(D) F(G) C(D) F(G) C(D) G(A) C(D) h3_
5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1-0---|-----0-----------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----0-1-3-----3-|-1-------1-----0-|
|---0---0---2-0---|---0---0---2-0---|-0-2-------------|-------------02-*|
|-----2---3-----3-|-2---2---3-----3-|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_2________________
C(D)
16| | | |
|---0-------------|
|-1---3-0-1---0-1-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Part B
G(A) C(D) G(A) D(E) G(A)
17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0-|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-3-------3-------|-3-1-0-----------|
|*--4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---------|-------2-0-----0-|
|*----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-----------|-----------2-3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_1________________
F(G) C(D) G(A) C(D)
21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1-0---|-----0-----------|
|-----------1-0---|---------1-------|-----0-1-3-----3-|-1-------1---0-1-|
|-2-------2-----2-|-0-----------2---|-0-2-------------|----------------*|
|---3---3---------|---2---2---------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----3-----------|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_2________________
C(D)
32| | | |
|---0-------------|
|-1---3-0-1-------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
==================== == TABLATURE KEY == ==================== h3_ -----0-- Triplet with hammer-on from first note to second note ---02--- (The third note is picked.)
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