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Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Tablature in A minor
Posted by Zeno in Guitar Tablature on November 10, 2009
Found this to be one of the best tabs for this piece, and have been working on learning it for a few weeks. Much harder on guitar than piano with some crazy finger work in places, but it sounds awesome for anyone that appreciates classical music at all.
This was transcribed by someone else who’s name I cannot find now from one of the many many tablature sites. If you are the author of this tab, please email me the link to the posted tablature from the posters email address and full credit will gladly be given. The transcriber worked hard on this…
If you have found the Mp3 for this piece that I have played on classical guitar, you will find he is tuned down around 1 step from standard, however for A minor, standard tuning is correct.
The numbers under the bars are the fingers he used (which I mainly followed but changed to my own style in places), it is a great starting guideline however.
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 3 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I... III.. | | | | | | | | E-|------------------------|------------------------| B-|-----1-----1-----3-----3|-----3-----1-----0-----0| 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 1 1 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II | | | | | | | | 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 1 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | | | | 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 3 3 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 4 2 4 2 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 1 3 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--| A-|-5-----5-----3----------|-5-----5-----5-----5----| E-|-3----------------------|------------------------| 1 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 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 3 1 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.......... 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 3 3 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 4 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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-----------------------|-------------------------| 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 25 1 4 3 4 1 1 41 3 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 3 3 1 3 2 1 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 4 3 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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-----------------------| E-|-3-----------3----------|-------------------------| 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 1 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 1 2 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 3 1 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 1 3 2 1 1 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < > V....................... VI... V..... | | | | | | | | E-|-5-----------------5----|-6-----------------4---1| B-|-----5-----5-----5-----5|-----6-----6-----6---3--| G-|---6-----6-----6-----6--|---7-----7-----7---2----| D-|-7-----7-----7-----7----|-7-----7-----7-----0----| A-|-0======================|======-5-----3----------| E-|------------------------|------------------------| 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 3 3 2 3 1 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 3 3 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.........<....... | | | | | | | | E-|--------------------------|-----------5---8-5-12-8---| B-|------3-----3-----3-----3-|-------5-----5---------10-| G-|----4-----4-----4-----4---|---5-----5----------------| D-|--2-----2-----2-----2-----|-----7--------------------| A-|--------------------------|-7------------------------| E-|--4-----------------0----0|-5------------------0----0| 1 4 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VII.......>. V...........<..... | | | | | | | | E-|---7----------------------|-----------5---8-5-12-8---| B-|-9-----9------------------|-------5-----5---------10-| G-|----10---7-10---7---------|---5-----5----------------| D-|--------------9----s6---0-|-7---7--------------------| A-|------------------8---7---|-7------------------------| E-|-0------------------0----0|-5------------------0----0| 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 2 1 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ decresc VII........>..... 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 1 3 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pp pp 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-|------------------------|
New guitar tab to come soon!
I’ve played guitar for over a decade and then quit for several years after losing my guitar and just not getting a new one. After way too much time, I’ve started picking one up again, and in trying to find accurate tabs around the net for various artists, I’ve found that most are anything from horribly inaccurate, to just being off a few notes. I’ll probably be submitting tab to the popular tab sites as well to fix others mistakes, but have found writing tab with the correct musical notation and speeds to be more difficult that I had expected (I do not know how to read or write actual music).
So, once I get tabs written I will be posting them here, and will start a new category for them. At the moment I only have an acoustic guitar to work off of, so I am avoiding songs that either don’t translate well to acoustic or have extensive solo work played above the 12th fret. I hope someone finds what will be posted useful, and if anyone has any requests for tab they either cannot find in accurate notation, or cannot find at all, I will see what I can do, however my time is very pressed at the moment.