This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
arr by R.G.Moons 1990
Key of A LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
2/4 time
A v v v
---------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
---------2-------|-2-------2-------|-------------0---|-2-------2---2---|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2---------------|-2-------2---2---|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2---------------|-2-------2-------|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0---0---|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | |___| | |___| | |___|
v v v
--p-h------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|
-3^2^3---2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-----------0---|-2---2---2---2---|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2---2---2-------|-2---2---2---2---|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|=|_| | | | |___| |___| |___| |___|
v v E v
--p-h------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---0---0---2---|
-3^2^3---2-------|-2-------2-------|-0---0---2---3---|-0-------0---3---|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-1---1---2---4---|-1---1---1-------|
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2---------------|-----------------|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|
|=|_| | | | |___|___|___| |___| |___|
v v v A
--s--------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|
-5^3-2---0-------|-0-------0-------|-0---0---2---3---|-5---5---5---7---|
-6^4-2---1-------|-1-------1-------|-1---1---2---4---|-4-------6---7---|
---------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2---------------|-6---6---7-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|=|_| | | | |___|___|___| |___| |___|
(A7) D A E v v
-----------------|--s--------------|--s--------------|-0-------0-------|
-8-7-5---3-------|-7^5-3-----------|-5^3-2-----------|-0-------0-------|
-9-7-6-----------|---------6-------|-6^4-2---4-------|-1-------1-------|
--------/4-------|-7^5-4--/7-------|--------/6-------|-2-------2-------|
-0-------0-------|---------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-0-------0-------|
|=|_| | |=|_| | |=|_| | | |
A v v
-----------------|-----------------|--p-h------------|-0-------0-------|
-------------0---|-2---2---2---2---|-3^2^3---2-------|-2-------2-------|
-2---------------|-2---2---2---2---|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
-2---------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| |___| |___| |___| |=|_| | | |
1.________________________________ 2.__________________________________
E A v v E A
-----------------|-0-------0------||-----------------|----------------||
-0---0-----------|-2-------2-----.||-0---0-----------|----------------||
-1-2-----2-------|-2-------2------||-1-2-----2-------|----------------||
-2-------2-------|-2-------2-----.||-2-------2-------|----------------||
---------0-------|-0-------0---0--||---------0-------|----------------||
-0---------------|----------------||-0---------------|----------------||
|=|_| | | |___| |=|_|
PERFORMANCE NOTES______________________________________________________
Snare Drum Effect:
The 'v' indicates an upstroke with the index finger ending with a
downstroke by the thumb. The strum begins a half beat before written
(the upbeats of the bar), ending on the correct downbeat with the final
thumb stroke. It tries to emulate a snare drum. An effect that the midi
file does quite badly.
Written: Played:
A v v v A
---------0------|-0-------0-------| ------0------0---|-----0-----------|
---------2------|-2-------2-------| -------2------2--|------2----------|
-2-------2------|-2-------2-------| -2------2------2-|-------2---------|
-2-------2------|-2-------2-------| -2-------2------2|--------2--------|
-0-------0------|-0-------0---0---| -0--------0------|0--------0---0---|
----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
| | | |___| | | | |___|
fingering: iiiit
count: one & two & one & two &
READING TABLATURE______________________________________________________
The 6 lines represent the 6 strings of the guitar. The numbers are
the fret positions. "O" is an open string.
NOTE VALUES____________________________________________________________
o - whole P - half | - quarter ^ - eighth = - sixteenth
. - dotted note |_| - two eighths joined |=| - two sixteenths
} - quarter rest |_|_| - triplet grace notes have no markings
3
LEFT HAND TECHNIQUES___________________________________________________
h = hammer-on p = pull-off s = slide ~ = vibrato b = bend
/ = slide up \ = slide down > = accented notes
LEFT HAND (above staff)________________________________________________
(4) = pinky (3) = ring (2) = middle (1) = index (T) = thumb
RIGHT HAND (below staff)_______________________________________________
r = ring finger m = middle i = index t = thumb
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