From fndaj@acad3.alaska.edu Thu Jan 13 01:42:57 EST 1994 Article: 2115 of rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Xref: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:11661 rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:2115 Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!raven.alaska.edu!acad3.alaska.edu!fndaj From: fndaj@acad3.alaska.edu (Daniel A. Johnson) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Subject: TAB: "Little Martha" by the Allman Brothers. Message-ID: <11JAN199415550095@acad3.alaska.edu> Date: 12 Jan 94 00:55:00 GMT Article-I.D.: acad3.11JAN199415550095 References: <1994Jan11.183231.12997@iplmail.orl.mmc.com> Sender: news@raven.alaska.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks Lines: 220 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAF Nntp-Posting-Host: aurora.alaska.edu In response to a recent request for Little Martha by Duane Allman, here is one I had on hand, downloaded a while ago from the net. I haven't listened to the Allman Bros. album that it is on for quite a while, so don't know how true it is to that, but it sounds nice the way it is written. By the way, it is also very close to the way Kottke plays it on the Home and Away video. Kottke plays it in open D with no capo and uses an alternating bass rather than the monotone that this tab has. Also, Kottke does a neat thing with 12th and 7th fret harmonics at the beginning. All credit to the original poster: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Saved by the Blues..." Mike Mongeau Raytheon Equipment Division mongeau@tif162.ed.ray.com Marlboro, MA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Johnson fndaj@aurora.alaska.edu Fairbanks, Alaska USA Hit for next message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Little Martha by: Duanne Allman Playing notes: This instrumental is played in open E tuning (E B E G# B E). Rather than tuning the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings up (which can be really stressful on the neck), you can tune down to open D (D A D F# A D) and capo at the second fret. The thumb keeps time with a monotonic bass line while the fingers play the melody. The structure of the tune is: 1 - Intro 2 - Part 1 ending with [1.] 3 - Repeat Part 1 ending with [2.] 4 - Part 2 5 - Repeat Part 1 up until [To Coda] 6 - Coda Chords used: numbers in grid indicate frets numbers in parentheses are suggested fingerings (1=index,2=middle,etc) E B E G#B e +-----------+ E 0 0 0 0 0 0 (pretty obvious !) A 5 5 5 5 5 5 (1st finger barre) C#m/E x x 0 8 9 9 (x x 0 2 3 3) C#m/B x 0 x 8 9 9 (x 0 x 2 3 3) A/B x 0 x 5 5 5 (1st finger barre) B x 0 x 7 7 7 (1st finger barre) B7 x 0 x 1 0 2 (x 0 x 1 0 3) E/G# 4 0 0 3 0 0 (3 0 0 1 0 0) F# 2 0 0 1 0 0 (3 0 0 1 0 0) +-----------+ h = hammer on p = pull off 4 2 - or - = time signature 4 4 Timing is as follows: 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . one & two & three & four & ============================================================================ INTRO: ------ (Freely) 4|------------------+--------------+-----------------------+2+------------| -|-------0-------0--|----------4---|-------0---------------|-|------------| 4|--0--1------------|--0--1----1---|--0--1--------0-1p0----|4|------------| |--0---------2-----|--0--2----2---|--0---------2-------2--| |--0------0--| |--0---------0--0--|--------------|--0------0-------------| |------------| |--0------0--------+-------0------+--0--------------------+ +--0---0-----| ^ ^ ^ (strum) (strum) (strum) PART 1: ------- E 4|--------------0----+-------------------+------------------+-----------------| -|--------0-----0----|----0--------------|--------0---------|-----------------| 4|--0h1---0----------|----0-----1p0------|--0h1---0---------|----1-----0------| |--0h2--------------|----------2p0------|--0h2---------2---|----2-----0------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------4---|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0---+--0---0---0---0--| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |--------------0----+-------------------+------------------+------------------| |--------0-----0----|----0--------------|--------0---------|------------------| |--0h1---0----------|----0-----1p0------|--0h1---0---------|----0-------------| |--0h2--------------|----------2p0------|--0h2---------2---|----------0-------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------4---|----0-------------| |--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0---+--0---0---0---0---| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . A |--------------5----+-------------------+------------------+------------------| |--------5-----5----|----5--------------|--------5---------|----7-----5-------| |--5h6---5----------|----5-----6p5------|--5h6---5---------|----------5-------| |--5h7--------------|----------7p5------|--5h7---------7---|----7-----5-------| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------9---|------------------| |--5---5---5---5----+--5---5---5---5----+--5---5---5---5---+--5---5---5---0---| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . E |--------------0----+-------------------+------------------+------------------| |--------0-----0----|----0--------------|--------0---------|------------------| |--0h1---0----------|----0-----1p0------|--0h1---0---------|----0-------------| |--0h2--------------|----------2p0------|--0h2---------2---|----------0-----0-| |-------------------|-------------------|--------------4---|----0-------------| |--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0----+--0---0---0---0---+--0---0---0---0---| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . [To Coda] C#m/E A/B E C#m/E A/B B7 2|--------------|4|--9-----5-------7--+------7-----7------+--9-----5-----2---| -|--------------|-|--9-----5-------7--|--------7-----7----|--9-----5-----0---| 4|--------------|4|--8-----5-------7--|----7-----7--------|--8-----5-----1---| |--0-----0-----| |--0----------------|-------------------|--0-----5---------| |--------------| |------0-----0------|--0---0---0---0----|------0-----0-----| |--0-----0-----| |-------------------+-------------------+------------------| 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . C#m/E A/B E E/G# F# |------2-----2------|--9-----5-----7----+------7-----7------+----0-----0------| |----0---0-0---0----|--9-----5-----7----|--------7-----7----|------------0----| |-------------------|--8-----5-----7----|----7-----7--------|--3---3-1-----0--| |-------------------|--0----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----|------0-----0------|--0---0---0---0----|-----------------| |-------------------|-------------------+-------------------+--4-----2-----0--| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . [1.] [2.] 2|----------0------| 2|---14-11-12------| -|----------0------| -|------------12---| 4|----------0------| 4|-----------------| |-----------------| |----------0------| |-----------------| |-------------0---| |----4-p0-----0---| |-------0---------| 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 . PART 2: ------- B C#m/B B A/B G C#m/B B A/B |--7-----9-9-7---7--+----5-----5--------+--7-----9-9-7---7--+----5-5----------| |--7-------9-7---7--|----5-------5------|--7-------9-7---7--|----5-5----------| |--7---8---9-7-7-7--|----5---5-----5----|--7---8---8-7-7-7--|----5-5----------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0--| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . B C#m/B B A/B B7 A/B B |--7-----9-9-7---7--+----5-----5--------+--2-----5-----7----+------7-----7----| |--7-------9-7---7--|----5-------5------|--0-----5-----7----|--------7-----7--| |--7---8---9-7-7-7--|----5---5-----5----|--1-----5-----7----|----7-----7------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0--| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . C#m/B A/B B7 B C#m/B B A/B |--9-----5-----2----+------2-----2------+--7-----9-9-7---7--+---5------5------| |--9-----5-----0----|----0---0-0---0----|--7-------9-7---7--|---5--------5----| |--8-----5-----1----|-------------------|--7---8---9-7-7-7--|---5----5-----5--| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0--| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . B C#m/B B A/B B C#m/B B A/B |--7-----9-9-7---7--+----5-5------------+--7-----9-9-7---7--+----5-----5------| |--7-------9-7---7--|----5-5------------|--7-------9-7---7--|----5-------5----| |--7---8---9-7-7-7--|----5-5------------|--7---8---9-7-7-7--|----5---5-----5--| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| |--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0----|--0---0---0---0--| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . E/G# F# |----0-----0--------+2+---------0---------| (Repeat Part 1) |------------0------|-|---------0---------| |--3---3-1-----0----|4|---------0---------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |--4-----2-----0----+ +---4-p0------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . CODA: ----- ( <--------------- natural harmonics -----------------> ) |-------------------+-------------------+--12--------------| |--------7----12----|----7--------------|--12--------------| |--5-----7----12----|----7--------------|--12--------------| |--5-----7----12----|----7--------------|--12--------------| |--5----------------|-------------------|---0--------------| |-------------------+-------------------+---0--------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (strike sharply with downward stroke) (strum slowly)