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Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2

Frédéric Chopin · guitar tab

The first lines of Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 as guitar tab in TabCraft
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Chopin's most loved nocturne, arranged here for guitar in E major, the key of Tárrega's own guitar version (the piano original is in E-flat): a long, singing melody over a gently rocking bass, with a more ornate return and a hushed coda. It is in 12/8, written here as two 6/8 bars to the bar. The ornaments are left out, and the free cadenza before the end is shortened. About three minutes.

  • Standard tuning
  • 6/8 (12/8 in the original)
  • 66 BPM
  • 72 bars
  • Chord labels

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Arranged for guitar from the Mutopia Project's edition of the piano score (G. Schirmer, New York, 1881), typeset by Renato Biolcati Rinaldi, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; this arrangement is shared under the same license.

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