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    Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia ("Mondschein"), Adagio sostenutoNo 14 in C#m Op 27 No 2 ("Moonlight"), 1st movement - Beethoven (1770-1827)1st version - by David Atkinson, in Am, + left hand fingering (1994)2nd version - by K Gerard, in Am, + left hand fingering (2003)3rd version - by S Ghyselincks, in Am, + LHF, + MIDI (2005)******************************************************************************

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    Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Tabulated from the (much easier to play) piano score by David AtkinsonOctober 1994 - V2.0 (11/94)

    I have included left hand fingering underneath the tab. I think the systemI used is self-explanitary. The numbers 1 to 4 indicate the fingers -1=index, 2=middle, 3=ring, 4=little(pinkie). I have left out fingering where

    a section is repeated or on parts where fingering is blatantly obvious.If anyone needs an explanation, feel free to email me.

    I transposed this to the key of A minor which seemed logical to me at thetime but I have recently been informed that Tarrega used D minor. Tough!I experimented with the B string tuned to Bb but, although some parts wereeasier, most were better with normal tuning. Any other suggestions?

    I might just try a D minor version if I find the time and motivation.Watch this space!

    p = pull-off, h = hammer-on, s = slide

    ===== = sustain. However, to save me hassle, sustain all the bass notesfor a whole bar where possible.

    The roman numerals above the tab indicate either full barres or halfbarres. The ...s indicate how long the barre lasts.

    Adagio sostenuto

    pp| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1|-----1-----1-----1-----1|

    G-|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|D-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-2-----2-----2-----2----|A-|-0----------------------|------------------------|E-|------------------------|-3----------------------|

    3 2 1 34

    I... III..| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----3-----1-----0-----0|

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    G-|---2-----2-----3-----3--|---1-----2-----2-----1--|D-|-3-----3-----3-----3----|-2-----2-----2-----0----|A-|-------------5----------|------------------------|E-|-1----------------------|-0-----------0----------|

    3 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 1 11 3

    | | | | | | | |

    E-|-------------------0----0|--0-----------------0----0|B-|-----------1-----1-----1-|------3-----3-----3-----3-|G-|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|----4-----4-----4-----4---|D-|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----2-----|A-|-0-----------------------|--------------------------|E-|-------------------------|--0-----------------------|

    3 1 3 2 12

    | | | | | | | |E-|-0-----------1----------|-0-----------------3----|B-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----1-----1-3---0-----0|G-|---2-----2-----2-----2--|---0-----0-----0-----0--|

    D-|-2-----2-----0-----3----|-2-----2-----3-----3----|A-|-0----------------------|------------------------|E-|------------------------|-3-----------3----------|

    2 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 33 2 2

    1

    V........................| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|--------------------------|B-|-1---1-----1-----1-----1|--------------------------|G-|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-----5-----5-----5-8---5h8|D-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|---5-----5-----5-----5----|

    A-|-3----------------------|-6-----6-----6-----6------|E-|------------------------|-8------------------------|

    1 2 1 1 4 42 4 23

    IV....................................I.....| | | | | | | |

    E-|-------------------------|------------------------|B-|-4-----------------4----4|-4---------------1-3---1|G-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-|-----5-----5---2-----2--|D-|---5-----5-----5-----5---|---6-----6---1-----0----|A-|-------6-----6-----6-----|-6-----6----------------|

    E-|-6-----------------------|-4-----3-----2----------|1 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 13 3 1 2

    1

    III......... III...........| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|-3-----------4-----1----|-3-----------3----------|G-|-----3-----3---0-2---0-2|-----3-----3-----2-----2|D-|---5-----5---1-----1----|---5-----5-----4-----4--|

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    A-|-5-----5-----3----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|E-|-3----------------------|------------------------|

    1 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 13 1 1 3 41 3

    III......................IV....III.IV......II....| | | | | | | |

    E-|-------------------3----|s4-----------------2----|B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|G-|---3-----3-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|A-|------------------------|-------3-----------3----|E-|-3=============================------------------|

    3 2 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 31 2 1 2

    III.......................IV....III.IV......II...| | | | | | | |

    E-|-3-----------------3----|s4-----------------2----|B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3|-----4-----4-----4-----4|

    G-|---4-----4-----4-----4--|---5-----5-----5-----5--|D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------|A-|------------------------|-------3-----------3----|E-|-3=============================------------------|

    III....................| | | | | | | |

    E-|-3-----------3----------|-3---0-----0-1----------|B-|-----3-----3------------|-----------------3-----3|G-|---4-----4-----3-6---3-6|---2-----2-----2-----2--|D-|-5-----5-----5-----5----|-------5-----0-----3----|A-|------------------------|-4----------------------|

    E-|-3-----------0----------|------------------------|1 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 4 33 3

    III.................... II.........| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|-4-----------3----------|------------------------|G-|-----3-----3-----4-----4|-------------2-----2----|D-|---5-----5-----3-----3--|-7---3-----3-----2-----2|A-|-------6-----5-----5----|---5-----5-----5-----4--|E-|-3-----------4----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----|

    2 3 1 4 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 1

    1 4 2 3 43

    VII......... 1/2 V.......... V....| | | | | | | |

    E-|-------------------5----5|-5-------0-----0---5----5|B-|-----------------6-----6-|---5-8-----8-----8---5-8-|G-|-----------7---7-----7---|-------------------------|D-|-----7---7---7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|A-|---8---8-----------------|-0-----------------------|E-|10-----------------------|-------------------------|

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    4 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 25 1 4 3 4 1 1 413 3

    V...... VII V...| | | | | | | |

    E-|-5-----------------5----|-7---0-----0-----0-7---0|B-|-----6-----6-9---------6|------------------------|G-|---7-----7-----7-9---7--|---7-----7-----7-----7--|

    D-|-7-----7-----------7----|-6-----6-----6-----6----|A-|-5----------------------|------------------------|E-|-------------7-----5----|-4-----------------4----|

    1 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 33 1 3 21 1 1

    decresc p < >V..... IV.............

    | | | | | | | |E-|-8-----------7-----5----|-4----------------------|B-|----10----10-0---9-----7|-------5-----6---0-----0|G-|---9-----9-----7-----5--|-----4-----4-------7----|

    D-|10----10-----0-----7----|---6-----6-----6-----6--|A-|-0-----------------6----|------------------------|E-|------------------------|-0----------------------|

    1 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 4 43 3

    2

    < >< > V......................

    | | | | | | | |E-|------------------------|-------5-----8-----5----|B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0|-----5-----5-----5-----5|G-|------------------------|-5-5-----5-----5-----5--|

    D-|---6-----6-----6-----6--|------------------------|A-|-------7-----8-----5----|------------------------|E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|

    2 3 4 1 1 4

    < >| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|-------------------1---4|B-|-------------1----------|-----------0---3-0---3--|G-|-------2-----------2----|-------1-----1----------|D-|-----2-----2-----2-----2|---3-0---3--------------|A-|-3-3-----3-----3-----3--|-2----------------------|E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|

    4 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 4

    cresc V......| | | | | | | |

    E-|-----------0--s5---8-5--|-----------------------2|B-|-------1-----1s--5-----5|---------------1---4-1--|G-|---2-----2--------------|-----------2-----2------|D-|-----2------------------|---1---4-1---4----------|A-|-3----------------------|-0---3------------------|E-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|

    4 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 2

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    decresc| | | | | | | |

    E-|-------------------4---7|s4---1------------------|B-|-------0-----0-6-----6--|---3---0-3---0----------|G-|---1-------7-----7------|-----------1-----1------|D-|-0---3--s6--------------|---------------3---0-3--|A-|------------------------|-----------------------2|

    E-|-0======================|=======================-|1 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2

    | | | | | | | |E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|------------------------|------------------------|G-|------------------------|------------------------|D-|-0---------0-3---0---0-3|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|A-|-----2---------2---0----|---5-------5-2-----0----|E-|---4---1-4--------------|-4----------------------|

    4 2 1 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 2

    decresc| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|B-|------------------------|------------------------|G-|------------------------|-----------------2-----2|D-|-----2-3-2-----0-3---0-3|-----2-3-2--------------|A-|---5-------5-1-----0----|---5-------5-0h3---0h3--|E-|-4----------------------|-4-----------1----------|

    1 3 2 1 3 2

    decresc pp pp| | | | | | | |

    E-|------------------------|-------------------0----0|

    B-|------------------------|-----------1-----1-----1-|G-|-----2-----2-----1-----1|-2---2---2-----2-----2---|D-|-0h3-----3-----2-----2--|---2---2-----2-----2-----|A-|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-0-----------------------|E-|-------------0----------|-------------------------|

    2 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 1

    | | | | | | | | |E-|-0-----------------0----0|-0-----------1----------|B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|G-|---4-----4-----4-----4---|---2-----2-----2-----2--|D-|-------2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----0-----3----|

    A-|-------------------------|-0----------------------|E-|-0-----------------------|------------------------|

    III.....................

    | | | | | | | |E-|-0-----------------3----|-------------------3----3|B-|-----1-----1-3---0-----0|-----------5-----5-----5-|G-|---0-----0-----0-----0--|-5---5---5-----5-----5---|D-|-2-----2-----3-----3----|---5---5-----5-----5-----|A-|------------------------|-3-----------------------|

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    E-|-3-----------3----------|-------------------------|3 2 3 2 3 4 11 2

    cresc V....| | | | | | | |

    E-|-3---1-----1-----1-3---1h3|-3---0-----0-4---0-5----|B-|---3-----3-----3-----3----|---1-----1-----3-------5|

    G-|-0-----0-----0-----0------|-0-----0-------------5--|D-|--------------------------|-------------------7----|A-|-2------------------------|-3-----------2-----0----|E-|--------------------------|------------------------|

    4 3 1 4 3 1 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 12 3 1 3

    p III.........| | | | | | | |

    E-|-7---0-----0-8----------|-6-----------4---0-----0|B-|-0-----0--------10----10|---3-6---3-6---3-----3--|G-|---7-----7-----9-----9--|-3-----3-----1-----1----|D-|------------10----10----|-0----------------------|

    A-|-------------0----------|------------------------|E-|-4----------------------|-------------0----------|

    4 3 1 2 4 4 1 4 4 31 3 1 1

    < >V...................... VI... V.....| | | | | | | |

    E-|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1|B-|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--|G-|---5-----5-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----|D-|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----|A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------|

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 13 2 1 1 2

    < >V...................... VI... V.....| | | | | | | |

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    V......................| | | | | | | |

    E-|-5-----------5----------|-3---1-----1-----1-3---0|B-|-----5-----5-----6-----6|---3-----3-----3-----1--|G-|---6-----6-----7-----7--|-0-----0-----0----------|D-|-7-----7-----7-----7----|------------------------|A-|-------------5----------|-2-----------------3----|E-|-5----------------------|------------------------|

    1 2 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 1

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    3 3 2 31 1

    I IV.. cresc| | | | | | | |

    E-|-1---0-1-----------0----|-------------0-----1----|B-|---1-----0-3-5---------1|-3---0-----0-----0-----0|G-|---------------4-7---2--|---2-----2-----2-----2--|

    D-|-3-----3-----6-----2----|-0-----0-----2-----0----|A-|-0-----2-----------0----|------------------------|E-|-------------4----------|-1-----------0----------|

    1 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 33 3 3 1

    2 1

    | | | | | | | |E-|-0-----------0----------|-------------------------|B-|-----1-----1-----0-----0|-1---------1-----1-----1-|G-|---2-----2-----1-----1--|-----2---2-----2-----2---|D-|-2-----2-----0-----0----|-2-2---2-----2-----2-----|A-|------------------------|-0-----------------------|

    E-|-0-----------0----------|-------------------0----0|

    V.......... V................ V........... II.....

    | | | | | | | |E-|---7----------------------|------------------------|B-|-9-----9------------------|------------------------|G-|----10---7-10---7---------|-------5-----------2----|D-|--------------9----s6---0-|-7---7---7-------2---2--|A-|------------------8---7---|-7-7-------7---3-------3|E-|-0------------------0----0|-5-----------5----------|

    4 3 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 131

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    pppp V

    | | | | | | | |E-|-------0----------------|-------------5==========|B-|-----1---1--------------|-------------5==========|G-|---2-------2---2--------|-------------5==========|D-|-2-----------2---2---2--|-------------7==========|A-|-0-----------------3---3|p0==========-0==========|

    E-|------------------------|------------------------|2 3 1 4

    | | | |E-|------------------------|B-|------------------------|G-|------------------------|D-|-7=======================A-|-0=======================E-|------------------------|

    The end ...

    -|------------------------|------------------------|-|---Blimey! Quite tough at times but I tried to --|-|---find the easiest positions. Good Luck!--------|-|------------------------|------------------------|-|------------------------|------------------David-|-|------------------------|------------------------|

    ************************************************************************************************************************************************************

    Moonlight sonataBeethoven

    piano sonata no.14 "Quasi una fantasia" (Italian: Almost a fantasy)1st movement

    Beethoven wrote his Piano Sonata No. 14 in 1801 and dedicated it to17-year-old Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, with whom he was deeply in love.Its original title, "Quasi una Fantasia", was in keeping with that dedication.However, in 1832, the poet Ludwig Rellstab compared the music to "moonlightshining on a lake." Since then, it became known as the Moonlight Sonata.

    Its powerful, haunting and quiet melody was at first disturbing to audiences.However, Beethoven later complained of its popularity, writing,"Surely I've written better things."

    Standard Tuning; 4/4, in Am minor (composed in C sharp minor)

    (All but the last two bars are in triplet 8ths, as noted in bar #1. Withseveral bars ending in 16ths; These notes are shown as "s" above the note).Also, there are numerous dynamics regarding tempo and note accents,far too many to note without making the tab look cluttered. My best advice

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    would be to find and listen to a recording.

    Fingering: The LHF I've laid out in this tab are what I use, If you're notleft hand comfortable with some of them, don't hesitate to try other ways1 - index of freting these cords. For ex. in the first measure (Am) I2 - middle exchange my middle and ring fingers for easier transition into3 - ring the F shape of bar three.4 - little

    Let ring throughout (wherever possable)

    1 |--3--- |--3--- |--3--- |--3---E||--------------------------------------|B||--------1--------1--------1--------1--|G||-----2--------2--------2--------2-----|D||--2--------2--------2--------2--------|A||--0-----------------------------------|E||--------------------------------------|

    3 2 12 I--------------- III---------------

    |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------1--------1--------1--------1--|--------1--------1--------3--------3--||-----2--------2--------2--------2-----|-----2--------2--------3--------3-----||--2--------2--------2--------2--------|--3--------3--------3--------3--------||--------------------------------------|--------------------5-----------------||--3-----------------------------------|--1-----------------------------------|

    3 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 14 1 3

    16ths4 | | | | s s|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------0-------0-||--------3--------1--------0--------0--|-----------------1--------1--------1---|

    |-----1--------2--------2--------1-----|--------2-----2--------2--------2------||--2--------2--------2--------0--------|-----2-----2--------2--------2---------||--------------------------------------|--0------------------------------------||--0-----------------0-----------------|---------------------------------------|

    2 1 4 3 1 1 2 3 1

    6 s s|--0--------------------------0-------0-|--0-----------------1-----------------||--------3--------3--------3--------3---|--------1--------1--------3--------3--||-----4--------4--------4--------4------|-----2--------2--------2--------2-----||-----------2--------2--------2---------|-----------2--------0--------3--------||---------------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------||--4------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

    3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 48 III---------------|--0--------------------------3--------|--------------------------------------||--------1--------1--3-----------------|--1-----1--------1--------1--------1--||-----0--------0-----------4--------4--|-----0--------0--------0--------0-----||--2--------2-----------5-----3h-5-----|-----------2--------2--------2--------||--------------------------------------|--3-----------------------------------||--3-----------------3-----------------|--------------------------------------|

    2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 23 3

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    16ths10 s s s s|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------1--------1--------1--4-------4-|-4--------------------------4-------4-||-----0--------0--------0-----------5---|-------6--------6--------6--------6---||--1--------1--------1-----------5------|----5--------5--------5--------5------||--3--------------------------6---------|----------6--------6--------6---------|

    |---------------------------------------|-6------------------------------------|2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 34 4 3

    12IV------- III-------------

    |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--4-----------------------1--3-----1--|--3-----------------4--------1--------||--------5--------5-----2--------2-----|--------3--------3--------2-----0--2--||-----6--------6--------------0--------|-----5--------5--------5-----1--------||--------------------------------------|-----------5--------3-----------------||--4--------3--------2-----------------|--3-----------------------------------|

    1 3 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 4 2 3 3 4 1 2 3

    2 1

    14III-------------- III---------------------------------

    |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------3--------||--3-----------------3-----------------|--------3--------3--------3--------3--||--------3--------3--------2--------2--|-----3--------3--------4--------4-----||-----5--------5--------4--------4-----|--5--------5--------5--------5--------||-----------5--------5--------5--------|--------------------------------------||--3-----------------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|

    1 4 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 24 1

    16III-------------- III---------------------------------

    |--4--------------------------2--------|--3--------------------------3--------||--------4--------4--------4--------4--|--------3--------3--------3--------3--||-----5--------5--------5--------5-----|-----4--------4--------4--------4-----||--------------------1-----------------|-----------5--------5--------5--------||-----------3-----------------3--------|--------------------------------------||--3-----------------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|

    2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 31 2

    18III------------- III--------------

    |--4--------------------------2--------|--3-----------------3-----------------||--------4--------4--------4--------4--|--------3--------3--------2--------2--||-----5--------5--------5--------5-----|-----4--------4--------3-----0--3-----||--------------------1-----------------|-----------5--------2-----------------||-----------3-----------------3--------|--------------------------------------||--3-----------------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|

    2 4 3 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 3 4 3 2 31 2 1

    20 III---------------------------------|--3-----------------1-----------------|--------------------------------------|

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    |--------5--------5--------3--------3--|--4-----------------3-----------------||-----2-----0--2--------2--------2-----|--------3--------3--------4--------4--||--------------------0--------3--------|-----5--------5--------3--------3-----||--4-----------------------------------|-----------6-----------------5--------||--------------------------------------|--3-----------------4-----------------|

    2 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 1 4 1 1 3 43 1 2

    22II-------bar-strings-3&4------------ V-----s-s-

    |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------5-------5-||--------------------------------------|-----------------3--------6--------6---||--2-----------------------------------|--------2-----2--------7--------7------||--------3--------3--------2--------2--|-----3-----3--------7--------7---------||--0h-5-----0h-5-----0h-5-----0h-4-----|--5------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

    1 4 2 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 3 4 2

    24V--------------------------------s-s----V---------------

    |--5--------------------------5-------5-|--5-----------------4--------5--------|

    |--------8--------8--------8--------8---|--------6--------6--------6--------6--||-----6--------6--------6--------6------|-----7--------7--------7--------7-----||-----------7--------7--------7---------|-----------7--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--5-----------------0--------7--------||--5------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

    1 2 4 3 1 4 2 3 1 13

    26 IV---------------------------------|--7--------------------------7--------||--------5--------5--------5--------5--||-----7-----4h-7-----4h-7--------7-----||--------------------------------------|

    |--------------------------------------||--4-----------------------------------|

    4 3 2 1 31

    27 V-------|--8--------------------7--------5--------||--------10---------10--------6--------7--||-----9----------9---------7--------5-----||------------10---------0-----------------||--0-----------------------------6--------||-----------------------------------------|

    1 2 4 3 4 3 2 1 1 3

    2

    28 IV------------------|--4-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-----------5--------6--------3--------|--------0--------0--------0--------0--||--------4--------4--------4--------4--|-----1--------1--------1--------1-----||-----6--------6--------6--------6-----|-----------2--------3--------0--------||--7-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

    1 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 34

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    30 V-----bar-strings-1-2&3------------|-----------5--------8--------5--------|--------------------------------------||--------5--------5--------5--------5--|--------------------1-----------------||-----5--------5--------5--------5-----|-----------2-----------------2--------||--------------------------------------|--------2--------2--------2--------2--||--------------------------------------|-----3--------3--------3--------3-----||--0-----------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

    4 4 2 3 1

    32 V----------------|-----------------------------1-----4--|-----------------0-----5-----8h-5-----||-----------------------3--------3-----|-----------1--------------5--------5--||-----------1-----4--1-----4-----------|-----2--------2-----5-----------------||-----3--0-----3-----------------------|--------2-----------------------------||--2-----------------------------------|--3-----------------------------------||--0-----------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

    2 3 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 4

    34|------------------------8------11------14--|

    |-----------7-----10--7-----10------13------||-----8--5-----8----------------------------||--7----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||--0----------------------------------------|

    3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 4

    35|------------7-----10------13------16------19--||-----9---------9------12------15------18------||--7-----10------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|

    |--0-------------------------------------------|1 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 3 4

    36|--16------13------10-----7-------------------||------15------12------9---------9------------||----------------------------10-----7--10-----||------------------------------------------9--||---------------------------------------------||--0------------------------------------------|

    4 3 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 1 4 3

    37

    |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--7-----4-----1-----------------------|--1-----------------------------------||-----6-----3-----0h-3-----0-----0h-3--|-----0h-2--3h-2--0-----0h-3-----0h-3--||-----------------------2-----0--------|--------------------2--------0--------||--0-----------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

    4 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3

    39|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

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    |--1-----------------------------------|--1-----------------------2--------2--||-----0h-2--3h-2--0-----0h-3-----0h-3--|-----0h-2--3h-2--0--------------------||--------------------1--------0--------|-----------------------3-----0h-3-----||--0-----------------------------------|--0-----------------1-----------------|

    1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 3

    41 s s|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------0-------0-|

    |--------------------------------------|-----------------1--------1--------1---||--------2--------2--------1--------1--|--------2-----2--------2--------2------||-----0--------3--------2--------0-----|-----2-----2--------2--------2---------||--2--------2--------2--------2--------|--0------------------------------------||--------------------0-----------------|---------------------------------------|

    2 3 2 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 1

    43 s s|--0--------------------------0-------0-|--0-----------------1-----------------||--------3--------3--------3--------3---|--------1--------1--------3--------3--||-----4--------4--------4--------4------|-----2--------2--------2--------2-----||-----------2--------2--------2---------|-----------2--------0--------3--------||---------------------------------------|--0-----------------------------------|

    |--4------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 4

    45 III--------------- s s|--0--------------------------3--------|-----------------0--------0--3-------3-||--------1--------1--3-----------------|--1-----------1--------1-----------5---||-----0--------0-----------4--------4--|--------0--0--------0-----------5------||-----------2--------3h-5-----3h-5-----|-----2-----------------------5---------||--------------------------------------|--3------------------------------------||--3-----------------3-----------------|---------------------------------------|

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    I've have used this site so extensively that I thought it was time I returnedsomething. Beethoven being my favourite composer, I thought would be appropriate(Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement). I added some LHF but please remember its theLHF that I use and will probably need some adjustments. Also there are some

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