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SNAP A LITTLE OWL
As recorded by John Renbourn
(From the 0 Album SNAP A LITTL OWL)
Music by John Renbourn
Arranged by John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman
Transcribed by Craig Rogers {Tellurian}
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steel String Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steel String Acoustic Guitar'
1st Section
Q.=141
12/8
Gtr I
a Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
||--7S8---5-7---5-(5)----0-----|---------------------0---5-|
||o--------------------4-------|-------------------4-------|
||---------------------------5-|-(5)----0---2-(2)----------|
||-----------------------------|------2--------------------|
||o---0------------------------|--0-----2------3-----------|
||----------0------2-----4-----|---------------------0-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|-(5)----0------------------|
|------4--------------------|
|------------5-(5)----0---2-|
|-------------------2-------|
|---------------0-----2-----|
|--2-----4------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q. a Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|--------0------------0----|-7S8---5-7---5-(5)----0-----|
|------4-----3-(3)--4------|--------------------4-------|
|-(2)----------------------|--------------------------5-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|---0------------------------|
|--------0------2-----4----|---------0------2-----4-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|---------------------0---5-|-(5)----0------------------|
|-------------------4-------|------4--------------------|
|-(5)----0---2-(2)----------|------------5-(5)----0---2-|
|------2--------------------|-------------------2-------|
|--0-----2------3-----------|---------------0-----2-----|
|---------------------0-----|--2-----4------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q. Q. +Q E Q.
|--------3-----(3)--3--3-------||
|--------3-----(3)--3--3------o||
|-(2)----5-----(5)--4--4-------||
|------------------------------||
|--3----(3)-------------------o||
|------------0h=4-----(4)--0---||
Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
2nd Section
Q.=139
a Q E Q a Q. E Q E +Q E Q. Q E Q E
||-4S5---0-7---7S8p====0-------|------7-5----3p=0----0--|
||-----------------------6---7-|-(7)--------------3-----|
||-----------------------------|------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------2----------|
||---0-------------0-----4-----|--5-----6---------------|
||---------4-------------------|------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.
+Q E +Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E +H.
|-(0)---------0-----2-5--2-|-3p=0----0-(0)--------|
|------1-(1)----4----------|------3---------------|
|---------2----------------|----------------------|
|--4-----------------------|-2---------------2----|
|---------------2----------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|------------0---------|
Q. Q. H. H. Q. Q.
Q E Q E +Q E Q a E
|-8---5-7-------------------10S12-|
|-----------10-(10)-----8---------|
|--------------------9------------|
|----------------------10---------|
|-0--------------8----------------|
|-------8-------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
6/8
+Q E Q E +Q E Q. S S E E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q.
|-(12)--10-8---7-(7)----5----|-3h5p3-------0------------||-------0-----||
|--------------5-(5)--8------|-------3-4-----1-----3----||-^1h=3-------||
|----------------------------|-0-----------------2------||-------------||
|---0------6------7-----6----|---------4-----3----------||-^2----------||
|----------------------------|---------------------2----||-^0----------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------||-------3-----||
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
12/8
Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||---------x-----------|------0----------0-----||
||---------2-3----3----|-1----1----0-----0-----||
||------2--2-4----4----|-2----2----1-----1-----||
||------2--2------2----|------0----------2-----||
||-0-------------------|-----------------2-----||
||-----------3---------|-2---------0----(0)----||
H. H. H. Q. +Q.
1st Section
$
a Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
||--7S8-----5-7---5-(5)----0-----|-----------------------0---5--|
||o----------------------4-------|---------------------4--------|
||-----------------------------5-|-(5)----0----2--(2)-----------|
||-------------------------------|------2-----------------------|
||o---0--------------------------|--0-----2--------3------------|
||------------0------2-----4-----|-----------------------0------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Gtr II
| S S E E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +H.
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|------8-----10-(10)-----------|
||----9S8S7S5-7---5-(5)----------|--------9---------------------|
||-----------------------7-----7-|-(7)---------7--(7)-----------|
||o------------------------7-----|------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q.
|---(5)-----0--------------------|--------0------------0----|
|---------4----------------------|------4-----3-(3)--4------|
|----------------5--(5)----0---2-|-(2)----------------------|
|------------------------2-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------0-----2-----|--3-----------------------|
|----2------4--------------------|--------0------2-----4----|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| a Q E Q E +Q E Q E +H. H.
|-7S=8------7--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------10-----10-(10)----8-----|--------------------------|
|------------------------9-----9-|-(9)----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|--8-------5--7---5-(5)-----0-------|
|-------------------------4---------|
|--------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|
|-------------0------2------4-------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| S S E E Q E +Q E Q E
|-12S11S10S8-10---8-(8)-------------|
|------------------------10-8---10--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|----------------------0----5-|
|--------------------4--------|
|--(5)----0---2-(2)-----------|
|-------2---------------------|
|---0-----2------3------------|
|----------------------0------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| +Q E Q E +Q. E Q
|-----------------------------|
|-(10)----8---------------8---|
|-------9-----9-(9)-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E Q. Q. Q E Q.
|-(5)------0------------------|--------3-----3---3-(3)-----||
|--------4--------------------|--------3-----3---4--3-----o||
|--------------5-(5)----0---2-|--2-----5-----5---4-(4)-----||
|---------------------2-------|----------------------------||
|-----------------0-----2-----|--3----(3)-----------------o||
|--2-------4------------------|------------0h4-----(4)--0--||
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
|
| S S E E Q E Q E Q E +H. H.
|----------7---5--------3---5-|-(5)------------------------||
|---------------------5-------|---------------------------o||
|--9S8S7S5--------5-----4---2-|-(2)------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------||
2nd Section
a Q E Q a Q. E Q E +Q E Q. Q E Q E
||-4S5---0-7---7S8p====0------|------7-5------3p==0-----0--|
||-----------------------6--7-|-(7)-----------------3------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------2------------|
||---0-------------0-----4----|--5-----6-------------------|
||---------4------------------|----------------------------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.
|
| Q E Q E Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q. Q.
||----------------------------|------------0-(0)-----------|
||---5-----3-------1----------|------3h4-------------------|
||---5-----4-------2-----1S=2-|-(2)------------------------|
||-----------------------3S=4-|-(4)------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------0------|
Q E +Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E +H.
|-0----------0------2-5--2-|--3p==0-------0--(0)--------|
|-----1-(1)-----4----------|---------3------------------|
|--------2-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4------------------------|--2--------------------2----|
|---------------2----------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------0---------|
| Q. Q. H. H. Q. Q.
|
| Q E Q E +Q. Q E +Q. +Q +E H.
|-5---7--8---7-(7)----8--7-|-(7)--------------0---------|
|-5------------------------|------------------3---------|
|-5----------4-(4)----5--4-|-(4)----(4)--(4)S=1---------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
Q E Q E +Q E Q a E
|-8---5-7-------------------10S12-|
|-----------10-(10)-----8---------|
|--------------------9------------|
|----------------------10---------|
|-0--------------8----------------|
|-------8-------------------------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-------3--------5------0---------|
|-5-----5--------5------0---------|
|-5-----4--------5------0---------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
6/8
Q E Q E +Q E Q. S S E E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q.
|-12---10-8---7-(7)----5----|-3h5p3-------0------------||-------0------||
|-------------5-(5)--8------|-------3-4-----1-----3----||-^1h=3--------||
|---------------------------|-0-----------------2------||--------------||
|--0------6------7-----6----|---------4-----3----------||-^2-----------||
|---------------------------|---------------------2----||-^0-----------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||-------3------||
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||--------------||
|--1------3------5----------|--------------------------||--------------||
|--2------5------5----------|-4-------2-----2-----0----||--2h=4-----2--||
|--4------6------7----------|--------------------------||-------5------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||--0-----------||
|---------------------------|-3-------2-----1-----0----||--------------||
To Coda
12/8
Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||----------x-----------|------0----------0-----||
||----------2-3----3----|-1----1----0-----0-----||
||-------2--2-4----4----|-2----2----1-----1-----||
||-------2--2------2----|------0----------2-----||
||--0-------------------|-----------------2-----||
||------------3---------|-2---------0----(0)----||
| H. H. H. Q. +Q.
|
| +H. H. H. H.
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||-(2)------------------|-----------------------||
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||----------------------|-----------------------||
||----------------------|-----------------------||
3rd Section
Q. Q E Q. Q E
||--------------------------|
||--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
||--2-----2-----4-----4-----|
||--------------2-----2-----|
||--0-----0-----------------|
||--------------3-----3-----|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E
|
| Q E Q E +Q E E E E
||------------------------7-|
||-10-----7--8-(8)------8---|
||------9-----------7h9-----|
||--7-----------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-----------------------5-----|---------------------------|
|--7------7-----5-------4-----|---2-----2-----3-----3-----|
|--6------6-----4-------5-----|---2-----2-----4-----4-----|
|--5------5-----5-------5-----|---------------2-----2-----|
|---------------4-------4-----|---0-----0-----------------|
|--5--------------------------|---------------3-----3-----|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|
| Q E Q E +E E E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q.
|------9-12--7-(7)-8p7--------|---------------------------|
|-10---------8-(8)-----10--10-|-(10)----7--8-(8)----------|
|-----------------------------|-------9-----------9-7-----|
|---------------------------7-|--(7)----------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------5----|-2--------2--------3--------3-------|
|---7------7--------5----4----|------------------------------------|
|---6------6--------4----5----|-2--------2--------4--------4-------|
|---5------5--------5----5----|-0--------0-----0-(0)------(0)----0-|
|---------------4--(4)---4----|------------------------------------|
|---5-----(5)-----------------|------------------------------------|
| Q. +Q E +Q. Q E Q. Q E +Q. +Q E
|
| Q E Q E +H. Q E +E E E Q E +E E E
|-----------------------------|-----10-(10)---10------10-(10)---10-|
|---------10---12-(12)--------|-7-----------7-----8-----------8----|
|-------9------12-(12)--------|------------------------------------|
|-/11----------11-(11)--------|-7-----------7-----9-----------9----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---5--------5------3-----3-----|
|-------------------------------|
|---5--------5------4-----4-----|
|---0--------0---0-(0)---(0)----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
| Q. Q E +Q. +Q.
|
| Q E +Q E +Q. Q.
|-------10-(10)-----------------|
|-/10------------8-(8)----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-/10------------9-(9)----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-------------------------------|
|--2-----2--------3------3------|
|--2-----2--------4------4------|
|-----------------2------2------|
|--0-----0----------------------|
|-----------------3------3------|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E
|
| Q E Q E +Q. +E E E
|--------5----------------------|
|------5----/10-(10)---(10)-----|
|-/6------------------------7h9-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. +Q E Q E Q.
|------------------5----|--4----(4)--7p4--------------|
|-7-----7-----5----4----|--5----(5)---------5---------|
|-6-----6-----4----5----|--4----(4)-----------6-------|
|-5-----5-----5----5----|--------6------------6-------|
|-------------4----4----|--4-----------4--------------|
|-5---------------------|-----------------------------|
| Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Q E E E E H. H. E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------7h8--|
|-8---------------------|-----------------7h8h9-------|
|-----9---5h6-----------|-/9--------------------------|
|-------------7---------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|-2----------0-(0)-----------|
|-3---5--3----------3--0---2-|
|-2------------------------2-|
|--------4-------------2-----|
|-2--------------------------|
|---------------0------------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Q E +Q E +Q E +Q.
|-9---7-(7)---------0-(0)----|
|-7----------8-(8)-----------|
|-7----------7-(7)-----------|
|------------6-(6)-----------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
+Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------------|----------0-----------0----||
|-(2)----2------3-------3----|---1------1------0----0----||
|-(2)----2------4-------4----|---2------2------1----1----||
|--------2--------------2----|----------0-----------2----||
|--0-----0-------------------|----------------------2----||
|---------------3------------|---2-------------0---------||
| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Q E E E E Q E +Q. a Q E +E E E H.
|--5-------------------------|---------------------------||
|--5--------8p5------5-(5)---|---------------------------||
|--6------------7b8----------|-8S7---5-(5)---------------||
|--5-------------------------|-------------7p5-----------||
|----------------------------|-----------------7---------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
&
Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
||-8---5-7---5-(5)----0-----|---------------------0---5-|
||------------------4-------|-------------------4-------|
||------------------------5-|-(5)----0---2-(2)----------|
||--------------------------|------2--------------------|
||-0------------------------|--0-----2------3-----------|
||-------0------2-----4-----|---------------------0-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|-(5)----0------------------|
|------4--------------------|
|------------5-(5)----0---2-|
|-------------------2-------|
|---------------0-----2-----|
|--2-----4------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q. a Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|--------0------------0----|-7S8---5-7---5-(5)----0-----|
|------4-----3-(3)--4------|--------------------4-------|
|-(2)----------------------|--------------------------5-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|---0------------------------|
|--------0------2-----4----|---------0------2-----4-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|---------------------0---5-|-(5)----0------------------|
|-------------------4-------|------4--------------------|
|-(5)----0---2-(2)----------|------------5-(5)----0---2-|
|------2--------------------|-------------------2-------|
|--0-----2------3-----------|---------------0-----2-----|
|---------------------0-----|--2-----4------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
Q. Q. Q E +Q.
|-------3-----3---3-(3)-----||
|-------3-----3---3-(3)-----||
|-2-----5-----5---4-(4)-----||
|---------------------------||
|-3----(3)------------------||
|-----------0h4-----(4)--0--||
Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E
||-8-----5-7---5-(5)----0-----|-----------------------0---5-|
||--------------------4-------|---------------------4-------|
||--------------------------5-|-(5)----0----2--(2)----------|
||----------------------------|------2----------------------|
||-0--------------------------|--0-----2--------3-----------|
||---------0------2-----4-----|-----------------------0-----|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| Gtr II
| S S E E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +H.
||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------|------8-----10-(10)----------|
||-9S8S7S5-7---5-(5)----------|--------9--------------------|
||--------------------7-----7-|-(7)---------7--(7)----------|
||----------------------7-----|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q E Q.
|---(5)-----0--------------------|--------0------------0----|
|---------4----------------------|------4-----3-(3)--4------|
|----------------5--(5)----0---2-|-(2)----------------------|
|------------------------2-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------0-----2-----|--3-----------------------|
|----2------4--------------------|--------0------2-----4----|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| a Q E Q E +Q E Q E +H. H.
|-7S=8------7--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------10-----10-(10)----8-----|--------------------------|
|------------------------9-----9-|-(9)----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
a Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|-7S=8-------5--7---5-(5)-----0------|
|---------------------------4--------|
|----------------------------------5-|
|------------------------------------|
|----0-------------------------------|
|---------------0------2------4------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| S S E E Q E +Q E Q E
|---12S11S10S8-10---8-(8)------------|
|--------------------------10-8---10-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Q E Q E +Q E Q E
|----------------------0----5-|
|--------------------4--------|
|---5-----0---2-(2)-----------|
|-------2---------------------|
|---0-----2------3------------|
|----------------------0------|
| Q. Q. Q. Q.
|
| +Q E Q E +Q. E Q
|-----------------------------|
|-(10)----8---------------8---|
|-------9-----9-(9)-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
+Q E Q E +Q E Q E +Q. Q. Q E Q.
|-(5)------0------------------|--------3------3---3-(3)----*|
|--------4--------------------|--------3------3---4--3-----*|
|--------------5-(5)----0---2-|-(2)----5------5---4-(4)----*|
|---------------------2-------|----------------------------*|
|-----------------0-----2-----|--3----(3)------------------*|
|--2-------4------------------|------------0h=4-----(4)--0-*|
| Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
|
| S S E E Q E Q E Q E +H. +H.
|----------7---5--------3---5-|-(5)----------(5)-----------*|
|---------------------5-------|----------------------------*|
|--9S8S7S5--------5-----4---2-|-(2)----------(2)-----------*|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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