Castilla - Alan Clare (1921-1993)
This is a mesmerizing piece by a composer I am unfamiliar
with, Alan Clare. I have not been able to find anything
anywhere on this person, and certainly not any tablature.
[some info on Alan Clare is appended]
Please enjoy.
Note the tuning: D-A-D-G-B-E Key/Legend below the tab.
Paul R. Estrada - 7 December 2002
estrada@cosmic.arc.nasa.gov
Castilla by Alan Clare.
As performed by John Williams.
Timing is (4/4) with a few measures in (3/4).
Play at a leisurely pace.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|------2-------3---5-------7-------|
B|----------------------------------|--3---3-------5---7-------7-------|
G|--------------------------2-------|--2---------------6-------7-------|
D|----------------------------------|--4-----------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------|------0-----------------------0---|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8--10-------7---8-------7-------|--5---8-------7---5---------------|
B|-10--10-------8--10-------8-------|--6---------------6---------------|
G|--9--10-------9---9-------9-------|--5-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0-------|------------------3-------3-------|
A|------0-------7---8---7-------0---|------------------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---3-------0---1---------------|
B|------------------------------5---|--6---5-----------3---------------|
G|------------------------------5---|--3---5-------5-/-1-----------0---|
D|----------3---5---3---2---0-------|----------------------0---3-------|
A|------0-----------------------3---|----------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|------------6---------------------|
B|----------5-------3-----1-----3---|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------5-------3-----0-----0---|3^5^3/2---------3/2---------------|
D|----------5-------3-----2---------|--4-------------------------------|
A|--1-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
| |
triplet triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|------2-------3---5-------7-------|
B|------------8^6-------------------|--3---3-------5---7-------7-------|
G|--2---0-----------0---------------|--2---------------6-------7-------|
D|--3---1---------7-----------------|--4-----------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------|------0-----------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8--10-------7---8-------7-------|--5---8-------7---5---------------|
B|-10--10-------8--10-------8-------|--6---------------6---------------|
G|--9--10-------9---9-------9-------|--5-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0-------|------------------3-------3-------|
A|------0-------7---8---7-------0---|------------------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---3-------0---1---------------|
B|------------------------------5---|--6---5-----------3---------------|
G|------------------------------5---|--3---5-------5-/-1-----------0---|
D|----------3---5---3---2---0-------|----------------------0---3-------|
A|------0-----------------------3---|----------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------5-------3-----1---------|----------------------------------|
G|----------5-------3-----0-----3---|3^5^3/2---------------------------|
D|----------5-------3-----2-----0---|--4---------------4---------------|
A|--1-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------6---------------------|--0---2-----------0-------2-------|
B|--------------3-------------------|--0-----------3-----------0-------|
G|----------------3/2---------------|--0-----------------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------0-----------0-------|--------------------------2---\---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------0-----------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3---5-------2---3-------5---\---|7^9^7/5---------------------------|
B|--0-------------------------------|--------8-7-----------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--4-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------5-----3-----|--2---0-----------0-------2-------|
B|------------------4---------------|--0-----------4-----------0-------|
G|----------2-------5---------------|--0-----------------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------------|--------------------------2---\---|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------0-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3---5-------2---0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--0-----------------------3---2---|3^5^3/2---------------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|--------4-2-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--4-----------2---1---------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------6---------------------|--0---2-----------0-------2-------|
B|--------------3-------------------|--0-----------3-----------0-------|
G|----------------3/2---------------|--0-----------------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------0-----------0-------|--------------------------2---\---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------0-----------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3---5-------2---3-------5-------|7^9^7/6---------------------------|
B|--0-------------------------------|--0-----9-7-----------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|--8---------------8---------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------9---------------|
A|--4-------------------------------|--------------9-----------9-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|------------------------6---------|--2---0-------0---4---2---|
B|------------------6-----------9---|--4---2---4---2---0-------|
G|------------------7---------------|----------5-------4---3---|
D|------------------6---------------|--------------------------|
A|----------9-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|--9-------------------------------|--4-----------------------|
1* 2 3 1* 2 3....
i.e. stress the #1 notes.
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--0-----------0-----------|----------------------------------|
B|--0---4-------0---0---2---|--3-------------------------------|
G|--1---4---2---1---0---2---|--2---------------2---------------|
D|--------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--2-------------------0---|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|--------------2-----------|--0-------------------------------|
1* 2 3 1* 2 3....
slowing down...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|---------10---910^9-7-----7^9^7-/-|--5-------------------------------|
B|----------------0-------8---------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------0-----------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------4-------------------|
A|------0---9-----------------------|----------0-----------0-----------|
D|--0-------------------------0-----|------------------------------0---|
| |
triplet triplet
hammer 9^10 also...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--------------------0-------0^2^0-|----------------------------------|
B|-10-------8-----------------------|--3-------------------------------|
G|----------7-------------5---------|----------------------------------|
D|----------6-----------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------8-----------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
doublet
(play the 0^2 as 16th duration)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|---------10---910^9-7-----7^9^7-/-|--5-------------------------------|
B|----------------0-------8---------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------0-----------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------4-------------------|
A|------0---9-----------------------|----------0-----------0-----------|
D|--0-------------------------0-----|------------------------------0---|
| |
triplet triplet
hammer 9^10 also...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------2-------1-------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----3---------1---|2^3^2-----------------------------|
G|------2-------1-----------3-------|------3-2-------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--------------1-------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------5-----------------------|------2-------3---5-------7-------|
B|------------4---------------------|--3---3-------5---7-------7-------|
G|--------------3-----------2-------|--2---------------6-------7-------|
D|----------------------------------|--4-----------0-------------------|
A|----------------3-1-0-------------|------0-----------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8--10-------7---8-------7-------|--5---8-------7---5---------------|
B|-10--10-------8--10-------8-------|--6---------------6---------------|
G|--9--10-------9---9-------9-------|--5-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0-------|------------------3-------3-------|
A|------0-------7---8---7-------0---|------------------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---3-------0---1---------------|
B|------------------------------5---|--6---5-----------3---------------|
G|------------------------------5---|--3---5-------5-/-1-----------0---|
D|----------3---5---3---2---0-------|----------------------0---3-------|
A|------0-----------------------3---|----------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|------------6---------------------|
B|----------5-------3-----1-----3---|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------5-------3-----0-----0---|3^5^3/2---------3/2---------------|
D|----------5-------3-----2---------|--4-------------------------------|
A|--1-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
| |
triplet triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|------2-------3---5-------7-------|
B|------------8^6-------------------|--3---3-------5---7-------7-------|
G|--2---0-----------0---------------|--2---------------6-------7-------|
D|--3---1---------7-----------------|--4-----------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------|------0-----------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--8--10-------7---8-------7-------|--5---8-------7---5---------------|
B|-10--10-------8--10-------8-------|--6---------------6---------------|
G|--9--10-------9---9-------9-------|--5-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0-------|------------------3-------3-------|
A|------0-------7---8---7-------0---|------------------------------0---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------------------------3---|--5---3-------0---1---------------|
B|------------------------------5---|--6---5-----------3---------------|
G|------------------------------5---|--3---5-------5-/-1-----------0---|
D|----------3---5---3---2---0-------|----------------------0---3-------|
A|------0-----------------------3---|----------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------5-------3-----1---------|----------------------------------|
G|----------5-------3-----0-----3---|3^5^3/2---------------------------|
D|----------5-------3-----2-----0---|--4---------------4---------------|
A|--1-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------6---------------------|--0---2-----------0-------2-------|
B|--------------3-------------------|--0-----------3-----------0-------|
G|----------------3/2---------------|--0-----------------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------0-----------0-------|--------------------------2---\---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------0-----------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3---5-------2---3-------5---\---|7^9^7/5---------------------------|
B|--0-------------------------------|--------8-7-----------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--4-------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------5-----3-----|--2---0-----------0-------2-------|
B|----------------------------------|--0---0-------4---0-------1-------|
G|------------------4---5-----4-----|--0---0-------2---0-------2-------|
D|------------------4---------------|--0-----------------------1-------|
A|--0---1---2-------0---------------|------4-------3---4-----------0---|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3-\-5-------2---0---------------|----------------------------------|
B|--0-----------------------3---2---|3^5^3/2---------------------------|
G|--2-\-6-------2---0---------------|--------4-2-----------------------|
D|--2-----------------------4---2---|------------------4---------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------6---------------------|--0---2-----------0-------2-------|
B|--------------3-------------------|--0-----------3-----------0-------|
G|----------------3/2---------------|--0-----------------------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------0-----------0-------|--------------------------2---\---|
D|--0-------------------------------|--0-------------------0-----------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--3---5-------2---3-------5-------|7^9^7/6---------------------------|
B|--0-------------------------------|--0-----9-7-----------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|--8---------------8---------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------9---------------|
A|--4-------------------------------|--------------9-----------9-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
E|------------------------6---------|--2---0-------0---4---2---|
B|------------------6-----------9---|--4---2---4---2---0-------|
G|------------------7---------------|----------5-------4---3---|
D|------------------6---------------|--------------------------|
A|----------9-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|--9-------------------------------|--4-----------------------|
1* 2 3 1* 2 3....
i.e. stress the #1 notes.
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--0-----------0-----------|----------------------------------|
B|--0---4-------0---0---2---|--3-------------------------------|
G|--1---4---2---1---0---2---|--2---------------2---------------|
D|--------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--2-------------------0---|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|--------------2-----------|--0-------------------------------|
1* 2 3 1* 2 3....
slowing down...
1 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--0-----------0-----------|----------------------------------|
B|--0---4-------0---0---2---|--3-------------------------------|
G|--1---4---2---1---0---2---|--2---------------2---------------|
D|--------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--2-------------------0---|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|--------------2-----------|--0-------------------------------|
1* 2 3 1* 2 3....
slowing down...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|---------10---910^9-7-----7^9^7-/-|--5-------------------------------|
B|----------------0-------8---------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------0-----------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------4-------------------|
A|------0---9-----------------------|----------0-----------0-----------|
D|--0-------------------------0-----|------------------------------0---|
| |
triplet triplet
hammer 9^10 also...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--------------------0-------0^2^0-|----------------------------------|
B|-10-------8-----------------------|--3-------------------------------|
G|----------7-------------5---------|----------------------------------|
D|----------6-----------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------8-----------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
doublet
(play the 0^2 as 16th duration)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|---------10---910^9-7-----7^9^7-/-|--5-------------------------------|
B|----------------0-------8---------|--------------3-------------------|
G|----------------0-----------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--------------4-------------------|
A|------0---9-----------------------|----------0-----------0-----------|
D|--0-------------------------0-----|------------------------------0---|
| |
triplet triplet
hammer 9^10 also...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------2-------1-------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----3---------1---|2^3^2-----------------------------|
G|------2-------1-----------3-------|------3-2-------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------4---------------|
A|--------------1-------------------|--------------0-----------0-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
|
triplet
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--5-/-3---------------------------|--3-\-5---------------------------|
B|--6-/-4---------------------------|--4-\-6---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--3-/-1---------------------------|--1-\-3---------------------------|
A|------------------0-------0-------|------------------0-------0-------|
D|--------------0-------------------|--------------0-------------------|
softer....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|--5-/-3---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--6-/-4---------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--3-/-1---------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------0--<12>----<12>-----|<12>----------------------4-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------5---^---4---/---1-------|--0-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|---------11-----------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------13-----------------------|-<7>------------------------------|
G|----<12>--------------------------|-<7>------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-<7>------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
/ = slide down
\ = slide up
^ = pull-off or hammer-on
<#> = harmonic on the #th fret.
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"Alan Clare played the Accordianist in the film "The Movie". Born in London on
31st May 1921. A self-taught pianist, Alan Clare became a professional musician
at the age of 15 and during the next few years became a familiar figure on the
London jazz scene. He played with Carlo Krahmer, Sid Phillips and others in the
early '40s before military service intervened. Wounded soon after D-Day, he
returned to civilian life, playing in the comedy band led by Sid Milward and
also began a long sporadic association with Stéphane Grappelli. From the '50s
onwards, Clare was busy playing jazz in small groups, some of which he led,
mostly in nightclubs but also appearing occasionally on television. An
exceptionally gifted pianist with a light, subtle touch, he had a seemingly
endless knowledge of tunes and chord progressions. Allied to a gift for
accompaniment and the ability to play with unflagging swing, Clare was an
outstanding figure of British jazz. It was his involvement in the jazz scene
that lead to his teaming up with Spike Milligan (himself an accomplished jazz
trumpeter). Alan appeared in both Spike's series 'Q' and 'There's A Lot Of It
About', and not just in musical sketches. He died on 29th November 1993."
http://www.pf757.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rd/BiogsSupp.html
"His chosen milieu, however, and the relatively few recordings he made, often
deleted with indecent haste, conspired to keep his gleaming talent from the
widespread audience he so richly deserved."
http://www.centrohd.com/biogra/c1/alan_clare_b.htm
"Alan Clare, whose real name was Alan Jaycock, also wrote songs (Mirage was
perhaps the most popular). Several of Clare's light miniatures (John o' Groats,
Eternal Waltz, Screwball, Toujours Paris and Descansado) were published for
piano but some at least were for orchestra."
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/garlands/148.htm