Moonlight Sonata - 1St Movement Op 27 No 2 Chords & Tabs

by Ludwig van Beethoven

[Content]
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabulated from the (much easier to play) piano score by David Atkinson
in October 1994.
V2.0 (11/94)
I have included left hand fingering underneath the tab.  I think the
system I used is self-explanatory.  The numbers 1 to 4 indicate the
fingers (1=index,2=middle,3=ring,4=little(pinkie)).  I have left out
fingering where a section is repeated or on parts where fingering is
blatantly obvious.  If anyone needs an explanation, feel free to email
me.
I transposed this to the key of A minor which seemed logical to me at the
time but I have recently been informed that Tarrega used D minor.
Tough!  I experimented with the B string tuned to Bb but, although some
parts were easier, most was better with normal tuning.  Anyone have any
other suggestions?
I might just try a D minor version if I find the time and motivation.
Watch this space!
Please email comments, corrections, suggestions and the rest to David
(kaum0@central.sussex.ac.uk).
===== = sustain.  However, to save me hassle, sustain all the bass notes
for a whole bar where possible.
The roman numerals above the tab indicate either full barres or half
barres.  The ...s indicate how long the barre lasts.
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|-------------------------|
***********************************
| p    pull-off
| h    hammer-on
| s    slide
| =    sustain
***********************************

The end ...
-|------------------------|------------------------|
-|---Blimey! Quite tough at times but I tried to --|
-|---find the easiest positions. Good Luck!--------|
-|------------------------|------------------------|
-|------------------------|------------------DaviD-|
-|------------------------|------------------------|