Blake's March--Norman Blake Tab written and arranged by Mike Buesseler. 4/4 time. This is pretty close to the way Norman plays it. The vertical lines below the tab indicate the beats--even though a few are unevenly spaced to accommodate the slides. As always, this will be a lot easier if you can hear the tune. Norman plays it on his instructional video from Homespun (no tab), and it can be heard on one of his older recordings. Part A Melody |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|___| |------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------| |o-----------------|-------------0-|-----------------|-----------5--5-| |o-5-7-9-5-------0-|-5-2---2-5-2-0-|---------0-5-2---|-2-5-5-s-9-7--7-| |----------7-0-4---|-----5---------|-4-2-0-4-------5-|----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Harmony |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |___| |------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------| |o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------0--0-| |o-0-2-5-0---0-----|-2-------2---0-|-----0-----0-----|---2-2-s-5-4--4-| |----------4---0-4-|---5-0-5---5-4-|-0-4---0-4---5-0-|-5--------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Melody |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-------------0-|-----------------|-0---2---2-2-2-o| |-5-7-9-5-------0-|-5-2---2-5-2-0-|---------0-5-4-5-|---4-5---5-5-5-o| |---------7-0-4---|-----5---------|-4-2-0-4---------|----------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Harmony |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_| |_| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o| |-0-2-5-0---0-----|-2-------2---0-|-----0-----0---0-|-4-0-5---5-5-5-o| |---------4---0-4-|---5-0-5---5-4-|-0-4---0-4---2---|-----4---4-4-4--| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Part B Melody |__|__|__| |__|__|___| |__|__|__| |---7-----10----10-10-10-10--|--10-10-5-h-7-7--5--3--3--| |o--5-----5------------------|--------------------------| |o--5-----5------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| | | | | | | | | Harmony |__|__|__| |__|__|___| |__|__|__| |---3-----7-----7--7--7--7---|--7--7--2-h-3-3--2--0--0--| |o--2-----2------------------|--------------------------| |o--0-----0------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| | | | | | | | | Melody |__|__|__| |__|__|__| |__|__|___| |__| |---3--2--0-----0--2--3--5---|--3--0-------------------| |------------5---------------|--------2-h-5-5--5--5----| |----------------------------|--------------------0----| |----------------------------|-------------------------| | | | | | | | | Harmony |__|__|__| |__|__|__| |__| |__| |---0-----------------0--2---|--0----------------------| |------5--3--2--3--5---------|-----3--2-----2--2--2----| |----------------------------|--------0-----0--0--0----| |----------------------------|--------0-----0--0--0----| | | | | | | | | Melody |_|_|_| |___| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| |-0-s-7---7-7-7-5-|-0---0-h-2-2-2-2-3-|-2---0---0-0-0-2-|-0------------o| |-0-s-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-h-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---5--------o| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----0---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Harmony |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| |-0---3---3-3-----|-----2-----2-2-----|-----5---5-5-5---|-----2--------o| |-0---2---2-2-2---|-----5-----5-5-----|-----4---4-4-4---|-----0--------o| |-0---5---5-5-5-4-|-2---4-----4-4-4-2-|-0---2---2-2-2-4-|-2---0---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |