The Constitution March

Hi folks

Here's a flatpicking arrangement that I transcribed from a cassette I

recorded at a June 1994 Norman Blake guitar workshop. It's a fiddle tune

called "The Constitution March." Capo at the second or third fret and play

it with with a loose right hand, not too fast. This one's fairly typical of

a lot of the stuff Norman plays these days - a very "tuneful" piece with a

certain amount of melodic and harmonic "unexpectedness."

*

* is a repeat symbol. Each | above the staff marks the passage of one (4/4)

beat.

The chords -0- like in measure 17, etc., are strummed.

-1-

-0-

-2-

TAB: The Constitution March, arr. Norman Blake, TAB by Bo Parker,

Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov

Pickup measure

| | | |

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

|-------------0---|

|---------------3-|

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

Part A

1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | |

|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-1-0-------------|

|-----------------|-1---1-3-1-------|-----------------|-----3-1-1-------|

|*----0---0---0-2-|-----------2-0---|-----0---0-------|---------0/2---0-|

|*2---------------|---------------3-|-2---------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

_1_________________

5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | |

|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------|

|-----------------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------|

|-----0---0---0-2-|-----------------|-----0-2-0-------|-------------0--*|

|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3*|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

_2_________________

16| | | |

|-------0---------|

|-3-1-3---1-------|

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

Part B

17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | |

|-0---3-------0---|---------0-------|-0---3-------0---|-1-0-------------|

|-1-------3-------|-1---1-3---3-1---|-1-------3-------|-----3-1-1-------|

|*0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|---------0/2-----|

|*2-------0-------|-2---------------|-2-------0-------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | |

|-0---3-------0---|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------|

|-1-------3-------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------|

|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----0-2-0-------|----------------*|

|-2-------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|----------------*|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Enjoy

-Bo Parker

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