A Guitar Quartet of Sorts Bryan Schumann
Boreal Bard Music
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A Guitar Quartet of Sorts Duration: 7 Min 45 Sec Instrumentation: Electric Guitar (w/ reverb, delay, & overdrive FX as well as an eBow & a capo) Acoustic Guitar (w/ capo) Classical Guitar 5‐String Bass Guitar (or 4‐String tuned to Drop D) Performance Notes: A Guitar Quartet of Sorts was written to showcase the different tones and roles of the guitars I play. For the electric guitar FX, I used a Boss RV‐3 Reverb/Delay pedal (using the large reverb setting with no delay), a Boss DD‐20 Giga Delay (set to the metronomic marking as indicated on each movement and with feedback generally set to around 3‐5 repetitions), and a Boss BD‐2 Blues Driver (set to equal gain with medium overdrive and with a slightly higher than middle tone brightness). Feel free to use any pedals you have access to that will provide a similar effect. All guitars are tuned to dropped D tuning throughout. I used a 5‐string electric bass, but the lowest note in the piece for the bass guitar is D, so you could easily use a 4 string bass tuned to dropped D as well. The electric and acoustic guitars require a capo for Movement II. For live performance, it may be required to mic and amplify the acoustic and classical guitars in order to compete with the volume of the electric guitar and bass guitar amps. Enjoy! Copyright © 2016 Boreal Bard Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
A Guitar Quartet of Sorts
Table of Contents: Movement I: p. 1 Movement II: p. 4 Movement III: p. 6 Copyright © 2016 Boreal Bard Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
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A Guitar Quartet of Sorts Movement I Bryan Schumann
Adagio q = 66 Electric Guitar Dropped D Tuning
4 4 mf
large reverb, delay set to e
Acoustic Guitar Dropped D Tuning
sul ponticello
4 4
normal
f Classical Guitar Dropped D Tuning
mp
sul ponticello
f
sul ponticello
normal
mp
f
4 4 mf
5-string Electric Bass
4 4
A
co
6
re
mf
ru sa lS
E. Gtr.
A. Gtr.
mp
mf
Pe
C. Gtr.
2
E. Bass
12
E. Gtr.
2 A. Gtr. mp
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
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B
E. Gtr. mf sul ponticello
normal
sul ponticello
normal
sul ponticello
A. Gtr. f
mp
f
mp
C. Gtr. mf E. Bass mf
C
eBow - sul D
E. Gtr.
ru sa lS
co
mp
re
24
A. Gtr. p
mp
C. Gtr.
mp
p
Pe
E. Bass
mp
28
E. Gtr. mf palm mute...open
palm mute...open
palm mute...open
A. Gtr. mf
f sul ponticello
C. Gtr. mf
E. Bass mf
2
f
f
D
32
E. Gtr. f
ff
mf sul ponticello
normal
A. Gtr. ff
f
normal
mp
C. Gtr. f
ff mf
E. Bass
re
mf
37
sul ponticello
f C. Gtr.
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
normal
co
E. Gtr.
mp
E. Bass
Pe
p
p
p
pp
pp
pp
3
Movement II
Bryan Schumann
Largo q = 54 (3+2) Electric Guitar Dropped D Tuning Capo 2nd Fret
5 4 p
large reverb, delay set to e
Acoustic Guitar Dropped D Tuning Capo 2nd Fret
Classical Guitar Dropped D Tuning
5-string Electric Bass
4 4 mf
mp
f
simile
5 4
4 4 p
mf
mp
simile
5 4
4 4 p
mf
mp
simile
5 4
4 4
4 4
A. Gtr.
mf
4 4
C. Gtr.
4 4
E. Bass
mf
mp
9
5 4
E. Gtr. mp
A. Gtr.
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
4
mf
ru sa lS
mp
co
A
Pe
E. Gtr.
4 4
mf
re
mp
5
f
mf
mp
mf
5 4 5 4 5 4
13
B
4 4
E. Gtr. f
f
4 4
A. Gtr. p
mf
mp
simile
4 4
C. Gtr. mf
p
mp
simile
4 4
E. Bass
E. Gtr.
4 4
C mp
ru sa lS
4 4
A. Gtr.
4 4
C. Gtr.
4 4
mf
5 4 5 4 5 4
Pe
E. Bass
5 4
mp
co
mf
re
17
21
D
rit.
E. Gtr. f
mf
A. Gtr. p
mf
mp
simile
p
mf
mp
simile
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
5
Movement III
Bryan Schumann
Allegro q. = 120 Electric Guitar Dropped D Tuning
12 8 mf
large reverb, delay set to q.
Acoustic Guitar Dropped D Tuning
Classical Guitar Dropped D Tuning
5-string Electric Bass
12 8 mp
mf
mp
mf
12 8
12 8
re
mf
A
co
5
E. Gtr.
A. Gtr. f
C. Gtr.
Pe
f
E. Bass
9
E. Gtr.
A. Gtr.
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
6
ru sa lS
f
13
B
E. Gtr. ff
simile
sul ponticello A. Gtr. ff sul ponticello C. Gtr. ff
E. Bass ff
re
17
E. Gtr.
co
mf
normal
normal C. Gtr. mp
E. Bass f
mf
mf
Pe
mp
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
mp
mf
C 21
E. Gtr. f
A. Gtr. f
C. Gtr. f
E. Bass
7
25
E. Gtr.
A. Gtr.
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
D
re
29
E. Gtr. simile
co
ff sul ponticello
sul ponticello C. Gtr. ff
E. Bass ff
Pe
ff
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
33
E. Gtr.
normal A. Gtr. mf
mp
p
mp
p
normal C. Gtr. mf
E. Bass f 8
37
E
E. Gtr. mp sul tasto
normal
A. Gtr. mp sul tasto C. Gtr. mp
E. Bass mp
E. Gtr. mf
co
mp
re
41
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
mf
normal C. Gtr.
E. Bass mf
45
Pe
mf
f
F
E. Gtr. f
simile
A. Gtr. f
C. Gtr. f
E. Bass
9
G 49
6 8
E. Gtr.
Turn on overdrive/distortion let ring (equal gain, medium-bright dist.)
12 8
mp
mf
ff
6 8
A. Gtr.
12 8
mf
6 8
12 8
mf
6 8 f
E. Bass
60
E. Gtr.
6 8
12 8
6 8
12 8
6 8
12 8
6 8
12 8
re
12 8
12 8
6 8
12 8
6 8
6 8
12 8
6 8
6 8
12 8
6 8
H
12 8 f
C. Gtr.
6 8
12 8 f
E. Bass
6 8
12 8 f
10
6 8
6 8
f
A. Gtr.
6 8
co
6 8
6 8
6 8
ff
ru sa lS
C. Gtr.
let ring
12 8
mp
Pe
A. Gtr.
6 8
ff
E. Bass
E. Gtr.
let ring
ff
C. Gtr.
54
6 8
65
Turn off overdrive/distortion
E. Gtr. mf
mp
A. Gtr. mf let ring
C. Gtr. mf
E. Bass mf
re
70
E. Gtr.
co
mf
mp
C. Gtr.
mf
mf
Pe
mp
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
E. Bass
74
mf
I
E. Gtr. f
A. Gtr. f
C. Gtr. f
E. Bass
11
78
E. Gtr.
A. Gtr.
C. Gtr.
E. Bass
J
re
82
E. Gtr. simile
co
ff sul ponticello
sul ponticello C. Gtr. ff
E. Bass ff
Pe
ff
ru sa lS
A. Gtr.
86
E. Gtr. mf normal
ff sul ponticello
A. Gtr. mf normal
ff sul ponticello
C. Gtr. mf
ff
mf
ff
E. Bass
12
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