Just so this tab makes sense, remember that the song is in 5/4 time,
the notes basically just fall on the first (1) and fourth (4) beats of that rhythm
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3---3--3---3--|
|----------------| x 16 or something; some even number
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---3--3---3--1---1--1---1----------------3---3--3---3--|
|------------------------------2---2--2---2----------------| x 2 or so
Played behind the flute, obviously
Then...
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1----------------|
|----------------4---4--4---4--|
|------------------------------| x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1--4---3--1----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---2--2---2--|
|---------------------------2--4---4--4---4----------------|
Then this again!
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---3--3---3--1---1--1---1----------------3---3--3---3--|
|------------------------------2---2--2---2----------------| x 2
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1----------------|
|----------------4---4--4---4--|
|------------------------------| x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1--4---3--1----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---2--2---2--|
|---------------------------2--4---4--4---4----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3---3--3---3--|
|----------------| x A heck of a lot
Then - hey, ya know, why not this again? Let's give the flute a nice solo...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manteca/pentamento_btab.html ]
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---3--3---3--1---1--1---1----------------3---3--3---3--|
|------------------------------2---2--2---2----------------| x 2
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1----------------|
|----------------4---4--4---4--|
|------------------------------| x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1--4---3--1----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---2--2---2--|
|---------------------------2--4---4--4---4----------------|
Then some stuff happens, just fooling around with the C, Bb, F#, C pattern, and then...
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1----------------|
|----------------4---4--4---4--|
|------------------------------| x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1--4---3--1----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---2--2---2--|
|---------------------------2--4---4--4---4----------------|
...twice!
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1----------------|
|----------------4---4--4---4--|
|------------------------------| x 2
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1---1--1---1--4---3--1----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---2--2---2--|
|---------------------------2--4---4--4---4----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--3---3--3---3--|
|----------------| x Repeat to fade
And there's another great Manteca song YOU can now stumble through! Yay!
Such a great song; a soothing Celtic breezy feel to it, so smooth that it doesn't even
feel like it's in an odd time signature...
But yeah, just make sure you get locked in the 1 and 4 beat pocket, and everything will
be fine!
Colleen played flute on this song at the Sean O'Sullivan theatre in St. Catharines a
couple nights ago, and it sounded just magnificent - great job!
Jam on!
~ Alex D.
Website: http://www.manteca-music.com/
