3 Horses (David Maurice Garrett) O.K., I have had a few requests for this one so I finally tabbed it out. This is my Classical, Flamenco, Spaghetti Western piece called "3 Horses". This piece is fun and always throws people off when I play it in the middle of a truly classical set. When I composed this piece I tried to capture the 3 rhythms of the horses movements; grazing, trotting and galloping. Although each section is played right on the tail of the previous one (no horse pun intended), I will treat each section separately because they stand out from one another. By the way, this piece is in drop-D. Grazing - This section is slow and lazy, not very technically demanding. In measures 5-8 let the notes on the low D and the G string really ring out. Play the last chord of this section fully and let it ring out before spurring into the trot. Trotting - This is about the point where people realize that this piece is different in a western kind of way. Throughout this section the rhythm is a shuffle. Treat eighth note pairs as dotted eighth notes followed by a sixteenth. This section was inspired by "Happy Trails" so the best way to get the rhythm of this section is to think about the Bom-ba-dee-da part of the song. Bouncy Horsey. Galloping - This is the clincher. I've had a lot of classical guitarists ask me how I play this part. It is sort of like playing tremolo the way electric bass players do. The right hand rhythm is A-M-I. I don't use the thumb, instead I anchor my thumb on the body of the guitar as a rest. When the rake comes in I just do the A-M-I with a down-stroke. If you are familiar with Steve Harris then you will know this technique in many of his songs on bass guitar. This section should be played at a brisk clip, remember you and your horse are runnin' to the hills. The rhythm on the low D is like the theme to "Bonanza" - Dum Da-da-dum Da-da-dum. After this part there is a little reprise at the end with a quirky note thrown in and then it ends with that fat D-chord. Standard Disclaimer Thing - This work was written and notated by David Maurice Garrett but you can use it as long as you give credit where credit's due, see ya. davgar69@aol.com http://www.geocities.com/davgar69/pizmotality 3 Horses David Maurice Garrett Drop D Part 1: Grazing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E ----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------| B ----------------|------2---2-----|----------------|------2---2-----| G ----4-------2---|----2-------2---|----4-------2---|----2-------2---| D --5---5---4---4-|--0-----------0-|--5---5---4---4-|--0-----------0-| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E --2-------3-----|--5-------------|--2-------3-----|--5-------------|| B ----3-------5---|----7-----7-----|----3-------5---|----7-----7----*|| G ------4-------6-|------9-----9---|------4-------6-|------9-----9---|| D 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