Für Elise
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Playing The Chord
Capotraste: Sem capotraste
Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
4 versions -
1st in Am, uses artificial harmonics
2nd in Em, 6th string D, LHF
3rd in Am, uses high frets
4th in Em, measures 1-12 only
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h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
H = harmonic
A = Artificial harmonic
pp
Poco Moto (?!) V...........
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e|-|---------12-11|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-----0-4-7|
B|-|--------------|---------------|---------5--|------------|
G|-|--------------|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|--------------|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|--------------|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|--------------|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
V...........
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e|-|-8-----0-12-11|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|
B|-|--------------|---------------|---------5--|-------5----|
G|-|--------------|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|-----7--------|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|---7----------|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|-5------------|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
___________________________
|1 V... ||2 VIII..mf....
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E-|-5---------||-5-----7-8-10||-12------13-12|10------12-10|
B-|-----------||-------------||--------8-----|-----0-------|
G-|----------@||-----2-------||@-------------|---0--10-----|
D-|-----7----@||---2---------||@----10-------|-------------|
A-|---7-------||-0-----------||---10---------|10-----------|
E-|-5---------||-------------||--8-----------|-------------|
V..... VII...p.....
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e|-|-8------10-8|-7------12--|12H12H5-11-12-11|12-11-12-11-12-11|
B|-|-------5----|------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|-|------------|-----9-9---9|----------------|-----------------|
D|-|-----7------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-|---7--------|---7--------|----------------|-----------------|
E|-|-5----------|-0----------|----------------|-----------------|
V..........
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e|-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-----0---7|-8-----0-12-11|
B|-|---------------|---------5--|---------9--|--------------|
G|-|---------------|-------5----|------------|--------------|
D|-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|-----7--------|
A|-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|---7----------|
E|-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|-5------------|
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pp V.......... |1 |
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E-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|-5-----7-8-10||
B-|---------------|---------5--|-------5----|-------------||
G-|---------------|-------5----|------------|-----2------@||
D-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|---2--------@||
A-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|-0-----------||
E-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|-------------||
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|2 |
I.....p........
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E-|-5----------|----------1--0|-0-------6--5|-5----------|
B-|-------1-1-1|--1-----------|-------------|---8-6-5----|
G-|-----2-----3|-2----2---2---|-----7---7---|---------7-5|
D-|---2---2-3-2|3---3---3---3-|---8---8---8-|------------|
A-|-0-----1-0-1|--------------|-8-----------|-8----------|
E-|-----------3|--1-----------|-------------|------------|
I..........
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e|-|------------------|------------|-0-----0-1--|
B|-|------------------|-1-------3-4|-----1------|
G|-|-3---2---3p2p0h2h3|---2---2---2|---2---2---2|
D|-|-3----------------|------------|---------0--|
A|-|---3---3-3--------|-----3---3--|------------|
E|-|------------------|-1----------|-0----------|
VIII.............I......
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e|-|-----------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3|-----8--------------3p1--|
B|-|-1---3p1p0h1-3--0|-1-----0-1-3-|---8--12-10-8-----3-----3|
G|-|-----------------|---0-2-------|-9-----------10-9--------|
D|-|---2-----2-----3-|-------------|-------------------------|
A|-|-----------------|-3-----------|----------8-------2------|
E|-|-3---3-------3---|-------------|-8-----------------------|
VIII.............I......
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e|-|--3-3-3-3-3-3|-----8--------------3p1--|
B|-|-1-----0-1-3-|---8--12-10-8-----3-----3|
G|-|---0-2-------|-9-----------10-9--------|
D|-|-------------|-------------------------|
A|-|-3-----------|----------8-------2------|
E|-|-------------|-8-----------------------|
IV......................
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e|-|------------------------|---------0--|-0-----H12--|
B|-|-5-6-5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4|-5-----0----|-----H12----|
G|-|-4---------4-------4----|-----------8|----------A8|*
D|-|------------------------|------------|------------|
A|-|------------------------|------------|------------|
E|-|-4----------------------|------------|------------|
* A = artificial harmonic ...
Yep, just to be a real sadist I decided to place an
artificial harmonic here. Pluck the string with your
ring finger whilst touching the string about 1 cm beyond
the 19th fret with your index finger.
If you find it tough, wait till you scroll a couple of
pages down ;->
V..........
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e|-|H12-H12-H12--|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-----0---7|
B|-|-------------|---------------|---------5--|---------9--|
G|-|---A8--A8--A8|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|-------------|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|-------------|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|-------------|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
V.........
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e|-|-8-----0-12-11|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|
B|-|--------------|---------------|---------5--|-------5----|
G|-|--------------|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|-----7--------|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|---7----------|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|-5------------|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
VIII...mf...
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e|-|-5-----7-8-10|12------13-12|10------12-10|
B|-|-------------|-------8-----|-----0-------|
G|-|-----2-------|-------------|---0--10-----|
D|-|---2---------|----10-------|-------------|
A|-|-0-----------|--10---------|10-----------|
E|-|-------------|-8-----------|-------------|
V........ VII...p..... pp
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e|-|-8------10-8|-7------12--|12H12H5-11-12-11|12-11-12-11-12-11|
B|-|-------5----|------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|-|------------|-----9-9---9|----------------|-----------------|
D|-|-----7------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-|---7--------|---7--------|----------------|-----------------|
E|-|-5----------|-0----------|----------------|-----------------|
V..........
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e|-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-----0-4-7|-8-----0-12-11|
B|-|---------------|---------5--|------------|--------------|
G|-|---------------|-------5----|------------|--------------|
D|-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|-----7--------|
A|-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|---7----------|
E|-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|-5------------|
V..........
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e|-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|
B|-|---------------|---------5--|-------5----|
G|-|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
p X......XII.XIII..f.......
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e|-|-5----------|-9----------|10------12-13|13------13--|
B|-|------------|-8----------|10------14-15|15------15--|
G|-|------------|-9----------|10-----------|13------13--|
D|-|------------|-8----------|-------------|------------|
A|-|---0---0---0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0--0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E|-|-5---5---5--|------------|-------------|------------|
XII......... X......VII.. V..... V......VII.....
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e|-|12----------|10-------8-7|-5-------5--|-5---8---7--|
B|-|13----------|------------|-7----------|------------|
G|-|14----------|10-------9-7|-5-------5--|-5---9---7--|
D|-|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-7----------|------------|
A|-|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-6-6-6-6-6-6|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E|-|------------|------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
p f
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e|-|-5----------|------------|---------0-1|-1-------1--|
B|-|------------|-2----------|-3-------2-3|-3-------3--|
G|-|-5----------|-0----------|-2----------|------------|
D|-|------------|-2----------|-3----------|------------|
A|-|---0---0---0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
E|-|-5---5---5--|------------|------------|------------|
I........... I.
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e|-|-1----------|------------|------------|------------|
B|-|-3----------|-4-------3-1|------------|------------|
G|-|------------|-0----------|-3-------2--|-1-------1--|
D|-|------------|---------3-1|-0-------0--|-0-------0--|
A|-|-1-1-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1-1-1|-2-2-2-2-2-2|
E|-|------------|------------|------------|------------|
p pp
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e|-|------------|------------|-----------0------|
B|-|------------|-0----------|---------1---3-1-0|
G|-|-2----------|-1----------|-2-----2----------|
D|-|-2----------|-0----------|-----2------------|
A|-|-3----------|-2----------|-0h3---------0----|
E|-|-5----------|-0----------|------------------|
V..... Now for the tricky bit...
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e|-|-------5-8-12-10-8-7|---8-H12-A5-A8-A0-A10-A8-A7|
B|-|-----5--------------|10-------------------------|
G|-|---5----------------|---------------------------|
D|-|-7------------------|---------------------------|
A|-|-0-------------0----|-0------------------0------|
E|-|--------------------|---------------------------|
* this should be picked just to the right of the sound hole
(for right handers that is) and the high E should sound.
The exact position will vary depending on your guitar.
This can also be done leaving the left hand on the A (5th fret)
It is important to try and get the harmonics as loud and
as clear a possible.
from here on it is not strictly
| necessary to use harmonics.
| instead you can go to the 11th
| fret high E string and continue
| the scale down from there.
v
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e|-|A6-A5-A4-A3-A2-A1-A0------|--------------------------|
B|-|---------------------A4-A3|A2-A1-A0------------------|
G|-|--------------------------|---------A3-A2-A1-A0------|
D|-|--------------------------|---------------------A4-A3|
A|-|-0------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
pp V...........
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e|-|-----------------|-5---------5|-7-----0-4-7|
B|-|-----------------|---------5--|------------|
G|-|-----------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|A2-A1-A2----A0---|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|---------A2----A3|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|-----------------|-5----------|-0----------|
V.........
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e|-|-8-----0-12-11|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|
B|-|--------------|---------------|---------5--|-------5----|
G|-|--------------|---------------|-------5----|------------|
D|-|-----7--------|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|
A|-|---7----------|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|
E|-|-5------------|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|
VIII........
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e|-|-5-----7-8-10|12------13-12|10------12-10|
B|-|-------------|-------8-----|-----0-------|
G|-|-----2-------|-------------|---0--10-----|
D|-|---2---------|----10-------|-------------|
A|-|-0-----------|--10---------|10-----------|
E|-|-------------|-8-----------|-------------|
V..... VII..p......
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e|-|-8------10-8|-7------12--|12H12H5-11-12-11|12-11-12-11-12-11|
B|-|-------5----|------------|----------------|-----------------|
G|-|------------|-----9-9---9|----------------|-----------------|
D|-|-----7------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-|---7--------|---7--------|----------------|-----------------|
E|-|-5----------|-0----------|----------------|-----------------|
V.......... pp
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e|-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-----0-4-7|-8-----0-12-11|
B|-|---------------|---------5--|------------|--------------|
G|-|---------------|-------5----|------------|--------------|
D|-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|-----7--------|
A|-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|---7----------|
E|-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|-5------------|
V..........
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e|-|12-11-12-7-10-8|-5---------5|-7-------8-7|-5----------|
B|-|---------------|---------5--|------------|-------The--|
G|-|---------------|-------5----|-------7----|-5----------|
D|-|---------------|-----7------|-----6------|-------End--|
A|-|---------------|---7--------|---7--------|-0----------|
E|-|---------------|-5----------|-0----------|------------|
^
be careful!
|-Email me if you find any errors or if you have-|
|-a simpler method of playing a particular part--|
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|-----I hope you enjoy it!-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---Emir-------(email: WaveExistence@hotmail.com)|
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Theme from Fur Elise
Author: Ludwing Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Original in C Major (1810)
"Fur Elise"
Poco moto ma non troppo
Key Signature: G Major
Time Signature: 3/4
6=D
c2----/
e|-||--7-6-|-7-6-7---5---|-0---------0-|-2---------2-|-3-------7-6-|-7-6-7---5---|
B|-||------|-------7---8-|---------0---|-------0-4---|-------------|-------7---8-|
G|-||*-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|-------0-----|-------------|
D|-||*-----|-------------|-----2-------|-----1-------|-----2-------|-------------|
A|-||------|-------------|---2---------|-2-2---------|---2---------|-------------|
D|-||------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 1 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4
How to play Für Elise
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.