The Constitution March Tab by Norman Blake


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From: Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov (Bo Parker)
Subject: TAB: The Constitution March

Hi folks

Here's a flatpicking arrangement that I transcribed from a cassette I
recorded at a June 1994 Norman Blake guitar workshop. It's a fiddle tune
called "The Constitution March." Capo at the second or third fret and play
it with with a loose right hand, not too fast. This one's fairly typical of
a lot of the stuff Norman plays these days - a very "tuneful" piece with a
certain amount of melodic and harmonic "unexpectedness."

*
* is a repeat symbol. Each | above the staff marks the passage of one (4/4)
beat.

The chords -0- like in measure 17, etc., are strummed.
           -1-
           -0-
           -2-

TAB: The Constitution March, arr. Norman Blake, TAB by Bo Parker,
Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov

Pickup measure

  |   |   |   |
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------------0---|
|---------------3-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Part A
  C                                                             F
1 |   |   |   |   2 |   |   |   |   3 |   |   |   |   4 |   |   |   |
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-1-0-------------|
|-----------------|-1---1-3-1-------|-----------------|-----3-1-1-------|
|*----0---0---0-2-|-----------2-0---|-----0---0-------|---------0/2---0-|
|*2---------------|---------------3-|-2---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                      _1_________________
  C                                   G               |         C
5 |   |   |   |   6 |   |   |   |   7 |   |   |   |   8 |   |   |   |
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------|
|-----------------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------|
|-----0---0---0-2-|-----------------|-----0-2-0-------|-------------0--*|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

_2_________________
|         C
16|   |   |   |
|-------0---------|
|-3-1-3---1-------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Part B
  C       G         C                         G         C       F
17|   |   |   |  18 |   |   |   |  19 |   |   |   |  20 |   |   |   |
|-0---3-------0---|---------0-------|-0---3-------0---|-1-0-------------|
|-1-------3-------|-1---1-3---3-1---|-1-------3-------|-----3-1-1-------|
|*0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|---------0/2-----|
|*2-------0-------|-2---------------|-2-------0-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  C       G         C                 G                         C
21|   |   |   |  22 |   |   |   |  23 |   |   |   |  24 |   |   |   |
|-0---3-------0---|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------|
|-1-------3-------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----0-2-0-------|----------------*|
|-2-------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Enjoy

-Bo Parker
Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov (