Niccolo Paganini - 1st Caprice in E Major, & G Major {Opus.1,#1}
(Arr. Eliot Fisk)
Transcribed by: Jon Clark
Most of the passages in this song are done by using a very common technical
excercise, and you'll definitely reap benfits from learning it. Some parts
are incredibly difficult, and I've tried to make things as straight forward
as possible. The big problem is the distances between some notes, and the
height of some of the arpeggios. I might add that most of the notes are 32nds,
so don't let the slow tempo mislead you. The midi file has been slowed down
as well in order to make it a little easier to comprehend. If you have any
questions or comments feel free to E-mail me at furgitarre@hotmail.com
Have fun, and Good Luck, you'll need it hehe.
[last revised 31 January 2003]
Andante
Play all similar IV
p m i m a m i p <-passages this way
E||--------0-0-------------2-2-------------0-0-------------7-7-------|
B||------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------4-----4-----|
G||----1---------1-----2---------2-----1---------1-----4---------4---|
D||--2-------------2-1-------------1-2-------------2-----------------|
A||------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------7-------------7-|
2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 4
IV
--------0-0-------------2-2-------------0-0-------------7-7-------|
------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------4-----4-----|
----1---------1-----2---------2-----1---------1-----4---------4---|
--2-------------2-1-------------1-2-------------2-----------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------7-------------7-|
2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 4
V VII
--------4-4-------------5-9-12-------6-6-------------7-11-14-|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
------4-----4---------6------------6-----6---------8---------|
----2---------2------------------4---------4-----------------|
--------------------7----------------------------9-----------|
--4-------------4-5------------6-------------6-7-------------|
2 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 4
--------11-11-----------12-12------------14-14---------------16-16-------|
-----------------------9-----9--------12-------12----------12-----12-----|
------11-----11-----------------------------------------------------14---|
-----9---------9------9-------9-----13-----------13------14--------------|
--------------------7-----------7-9-----------------9-11--------------11-|
--11-------------11------------------------------------------------------|
1 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 1
(Same fingering structure, just move it up then down)
V VIII V
-----------17-17---------------9-9-------------12-12-------------9-9-------|
--------14-------14----------5-----5---------8-------8---------5-----5-----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----14-------------14-----5---------5-----8-----------8-----5---------5---|
--12-------------------0---------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------6-------------6-9---------------9-6-------------6-|
1 2 3 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4
(Arch up right hand as much as possible,)
(Fleshy part of right thumb should be )
(against the side of 12th fret ) VIII VII
---------18-18---------------15-15--------------12-12-------------7-11-14-|
----------------------------------------------8-------8-------------------|
-------18-----18-----------15-----15----------------------------8---------|
-----14---------14--------------------------8-----------8-----------------|
-------------------------16---------16------------------------9-----------|
--15---------------15-12---------------12-9---------------9-7-------------|
2 1 3 4 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 4
(Harm) (Harm)
| | |
--------2-2-------------4-7-12-------2-2-------------4----12-|
------0-----0----------------------0-----0-------------12----|
----------------------4----------------------------4---------|
----1---------1-----2------------1---------1-----2-----------|
--0-------------0--------------0-------------0---------------|
------------------4----------------------------4-------------|
1 2 2 1 3 4 1 4 1 2 2 1 3 4 1 1
V VIII VII IX (partial bar)
----5---7---9---8---7---7----12--|
--------5--------------------9---|
----6-------9---9---9---8----9---|
--------6---7---8---6--------9---|
----7-------------------9----11--|
--5---7---9---8---7---7---0------|
1 1 3 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 4
2 1 3 2 4 2 1
3 2 1 1 1 3 1
1
3
IV (partial bar) VII
--------0-0-----------------------------0-0-------------7-7-------|
------------------------7-7---------------------------------------|
------4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4---------8-----8-----|
----5---------5-----4---------4-----5---------5-------------------|
--7-------------7-6-------------6-7-------------7---9---------9---|
--------------------------------------------------7-------------7-|
4 2 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 1
--------0-0-----------------------------0-0-------------7-7-------|
------------------------7-7---------------------------------------|
------4-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4---------8-----8-----|
----5---------5-----4---------4-----5---------5-------------------|
--7-------------7-6-------------6-7-------------7---9---------9---|
--------------------------------------------------7-------------7-|
4 2 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 1
VII III
--------7-7-------------8-8-------------5-5-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------3-3-------|
------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------4-----4-----|
--------------------4---------4-----4---------4-------------------|
----9---------9---0-------------0-0-------------0---5---------5---|
--7-------------7---------------------------------3-------------3-|
1 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 3 2 1
(If you don't wanna )
(do the 3 - 10 split)
(then play the "10" )
(on the 5th string &)
(use alt. fingering ) VIII
III
--------3-3-------------7-7-------------10-10-------------8---12-|
--------------------------------------0-------0------------------|
------4-----4---------0-----0---------------------------9-----12-|
------------------------------------0-----------0----------------|
----5---------5-----5---------5--"10"------------"10"-10------12-|
--3-------------3-3-------------3-3---------------3-8-------9----|
1 3 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 4
"1" "3" 3
2
XII
-----------10----14----------12----14----15----17----19---8-|
-----------------------------------------12----15----15---5-|
--------11-------14-------12-------14---------------------0-|
-----------------------------------12----12----16----17-----|
-----12----------14----15-------------------12----14--------|
--10----------11----12----------14----15----------------8---|
1 3 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 3 4
3 3 2 2 2 1
2 1 1 3 3
VIII i i a i i a i i a i a
m m p m m p m m p m p
--------12-15------10-8--7------------------|
------8------------12-10-8-10-8-7-5-3-1-0---|
---------------------------11-9-7-5-4-2-0-2-|
----8-------------------------------------4-|
--------------------------------------------|
--9-----------9-10--------------------------|
2 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1
4 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 3
I(partial) i i a i i a i i a i a
m m p m m p m m p m p
--------3-3-------------2-2-------10-8--7------------------|
------0-----0---------1-----1-----12-10-8-10-8-7-5-3-1-0---|
------------------------------------------11-9-7-5-4-2-0-2-|
----0---------0-----1---------1-0------------------------4-|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
--3-------------3-3-------------3--------------------------|
3 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1
4 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 3
i i a i i a i i a i a
m m p m m p m m p m p
--------3-3-------------2-2-------10-8--7-5--3-2-----------|
------0-----0---------1-----1-----12-10-8-7--5-3-5-3-1-0---|
-------------------------------------------------5-4-2-0-2-|
----0---------0-----1---------1-0------------------------4-|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
--3-------------3-3-------------3--------------------------|
3 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1
4 3 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 3
P i i a i i a i i a i a
P m m p m m p m m p m p
--------3-3-------------3-3-------|----9--8-6-6-4-3-----------|
----------------------------------|----11-9-8-8-6-4-6-4-2-1---|
------4-----4---------3-----3-----|-----------------6-5-3-1-3-|
----0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------5-|
----------------------------------|--6------------------------|
--3-------------3-3-------------3-|--3------------------------|
1 3 2 1 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 1
1 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 2 3 3
P i i a i i a i i a i a
IV IV P m m p m m p m m p m p
--------4-4-------------4-4-------|----10-9--7-7-5-4-----------|
----------------------------------|----12-10-9-9-7-5-7-5-3-----|
------5-----5---------4-----4-----|------------------7-6-4-6-4-|
----------------------------------|------------------------7-6-|
----6---------6-----6---------6---|--7-------------------------|
--4-------------4-4-------------4-|--4-------------------------|
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1
1 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 3
p i i a i i a i i a i i
V V p m m p m m p m m p m m
--------5-5-------------5-5-------|----11-10-8--8--6-5-----------|
----------------------------------|----13-11-10-10-8-6-8-6-4-----|
------6-----6---------5-----5-----|--------------------8-7-5-7-5-|
----------------------------------|--------------------------8-7-|
----7---------7-----7---------7---|--8---------------------------|
--5-------------5-5-------------5-|--5---------------------------|
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 1
4 3 4 4 2 4 3 2 3 3
VI VI VI
--------6-6-------------6-6-------|--------6-6-------------9-9-------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
------7-----7---------6-----6-----|------6-----6---------9-----9-----|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
----8---------8-----8---------8---|----9---------9-----9---------9---|
--6-------------6-6-------------6-|--6-------------6-6-------------6-|
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 4
VII VII VII
--------7-7-------------7-7-------|---------7-7----------------10-10---------|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
------8-----8---------7-----7-----|-------7-----7-----------10-------10------|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
----9---------9-----9---------9---|----10---------10-----10-------------10---|
--7-------------7-7-------------7-|--7---------------7-7-------------------7-|
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 4
VIII VIII
---------8-8---------------8-8--------|
--------------------------------------|
-------9-----9-----------8-----8------|
--------------------------------------|
----10---------10-----10---------10---|
--8---------------8-8---------------8-|
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1
VIII VI (Partial)
---------8-8---------------11-11--------|----------------------|
-------------------------7-------7------|------------6-6-------|
-------8-----8--------------------------|Pause-----6-----6-----|
----------------------------------------|----------------------|
----11---------11-----11-----------11---|--------8---------8---|
--8---------------8-8-----------------8-|------9-------------9-|
1 4 1 1 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 1
IV
----------------------------------|--------4-4-------------0-0-------|
--------7-7-------------6-6-------|----------------------2-----2-----|
------8-----8---------6-----6-----|------5-----5---------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------2---------2---|
----6---------6-----8---------8---|----6---------6---4-------------4-|
--8-------------8-9-------------9-|--4-------------4-----------------|
3 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 2
--------2-2-------------0-0-------|--------4-4-------------0-0-------|
------4-----4---------2-----2-----|------1-----1---------2-----2-----|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
----1---------1-----2---------2---|----1---------1-----2---------2---|
--3-------------3-4-------------4-|------------------4-------------4-|
----------------------------------|--4-------------4-----------------|
3 1 4 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 4 4 1 2
V (Partial) VII
--------0-0-------------5-5-------|--------9-9---------7---7-|
------3-----3---------------------|------5-----5-------------|
----1---------1-------6-----6-----|--------------------8---8-|
----------------------------------|----5---------5-----------|
--2-------------2---7---------7---|--------------------9-0-9-|
------------------5-------------5-|--6-------------6-7-------|
2 1 4 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
2
3
(Partial) (Partial)
II VII IX
----4---5---7---7-|-----12--------0-0-------|
--------2---5-----|-----9-------------------|
----4-----------8-|-----9-------4-----4-----|
----2---2---6-----|-----9-----6---------6---|
------0---------9-|-----11--7-------------7-|
--4-------7---7---|--0----------------------|
2 4 4 3 4 1 1 4 4 3 1
3 1 1 2 1
1 1 2 3 1
1
3
a i i a i i a i i
p i m a p m m p m m p m m
--------0-0-------------0-0-------|------------------9--------------|
----------------------------------|--------5-12-10-9-10-12-10-9-7-5-|
------5-----5---------3-----3-----|------4---13-11-9----13-11-9-8-6-|
----7---------7-----5---------5---|----6----------------------------|
--7-------------7-7-------------7-|--7------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
3 4 1 4 2 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1
3 3 1 2 3 3 1 4 2
VII p i m a m i
--------7-7-------------7-7-------|--------0-16-12-------12-12-------|
------5-----5---------------------|------0-------------9-------9-----|
----------------------8-----8-----|----------------------------------|
----6---------6-------------------|----6-------------9-----------9---|
--------------------9---------9---|--7-------------7---------------7-|
--7-------------7-7-------------7-|----------------------------------|
3 2 1 4 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 3 4
a i
p i m a p m
----------12-12---------------12-12-------|--------12-----|
-------10-------10----------8-------8-----|------9--------|
------------------------------------------|---------------|
----11-------------11-----8-----------8---|----9------6-7-|
--7-------------------7-7---------------7-|--7--------7-9-|
------------------------------------------|---------------|
1 3 2 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
2 4
i a i i a i i
m p m m p m m IX
-------------------|--------12-12-------------11-11-------|
------------7-9-10-|------9-------9---------7-------7-----|
-----6-8-9--8-9-11-|----9-----------9-----8-----------8---|
--9--7-9-11--------|--9---------------9-9---------------9-|
--11---------------|--------------------------------------|
-------------------|--------------------------------------|
2 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 4
4 2 4 4 2 3 3
------------16---------------------17----------|
---------17---------------------17-------------|
-----------------------------14-------14-------|
-------14------14------------------------------|
-----14----------14-------15-------------15----|
--0-----------------0--0--------------------0--|
1 1 4 3 2 1 3 4
------------16---------------------17----------|
---------17---------------------17-------------|
-----------------------------14-------14-------|
-------14------14------------------------------|
-----14----------14-------15-------------15----|
--0-----------------0---0-------------------0--|
1 1 4 3 2 1 3 4
a m m a m m a m m a m
p p i i p i i p i i p i
------------16---------------12-----|----7-5-4-----------------|
---------17----------------8--------|----9-7-5-7-5-4-----------|
------------------------------------|----------8-6-4-6-4-------|
------14-------14--------8----------|----------------7-6-7-6-4-|
----14-----------14-----------------|--------------------9-7-6-|
--0-----------------0--9--------9-6-|--7-----------------------|
1 1 4 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1
4 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 4 2 3
(Partial) (Partial) (Partial) (Partial)
IV V IV V
p m i m a m i p p m i m a m i p p m i m a m i p p m i m a m i p
----------4---------------5-------|----------4---------------5-------|
--------5---------------5---------|--------5---------------5---------|
------4-----4---------5-----5-----|------4-----4---------5-----5-----|
----6---------6-----7---------7---|----6---------6-----7---------7---|
--7-------------7-7-------------7-|--7-------------7-7-------------7-|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
4 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1
(Partial) (Partial) (harm)
IV III i | a m m a m m a m
p m i m a m i p p p i m a m p m p a p i i p i i p i
----------4---------------3---|--------7---------------------|
--------5---------------5---5-|----5-------------------------|
------4-----4---------3-------|----4-------------------------|
----6---------6-----5---------|------6----------6-7-9--11-13-|
--7-------------7-4-----------|----------6-7-9--7-9-11-12-14-|
------------------------------|--7-------7-9-11--------------|
4 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2 4 4 2 4 4 3 3
-----------0-0-------------------0-0-------------------0-0----------|
--------12-----12-------------13-----13-------------12-----12-------|
-----13-----------13-------14-----------14-------13-----------13----|
--14-----------------14-14-----------------14-14-----------------14-|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1
-----------0-0-------------------0-0-------------------0-0----------|
--------12-----12-------------10-----10-----------------------------|
-----11-----------11-------11-----------11----------13-----13-------|
--13-----------------13-11-----------------11----13-----------13----|
----------------------------------------------14-----------------14-|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2
--------0-0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------|
------7-----7---------4-----4---------5-----5-----|
----6---------6-----2---------2-----1---------1---|
--7-------------7-4-------------4-2-------------2-|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|
3 2 4 3 1 4 2 1 4
a a
p i m i m p m i m
--------0-0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------|------0------0--------0-|
------4-----4---------5-----5---------4-----4-----|----5------9--------5---|
----2---------2-----1---------1-----2---------2---|------------------------|
--3-------------3-2-------------2-3-------------3-|----6------6------6-----|
--------------------------------------------------|----------------7-------|
--------------------------------------------------|--0------0--------------|
2 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 1 4 3 2 1
2 1
a m i p p m i m a m i p p m
--0-------------0-0-------|--0----0--------||
----9---------5-----9-----|--0-------------||
--------------------------|--1-------------||
------6-----6---------6---|--2-------------||
--------7-7-------------7-|--2-------------||
--------------------------|--0-------------||Fine...
4 2 3 3 2 1 4 3 2