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    Default Help with Come Back to Sorrento please.

    I am a total green as grass noobie (3 days) on mandolin. I want to find a tab for Come Back to Sorrento. It was my Grandfather's favorite. I would like to learn it in memory of him. I realize I will have a lot of work to do, but I want to go ahead with it.

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    Nice choice for a first song. It is a great melody and I still love to play it. Do you read standard notation, Lou? If so, I might direct you to Sheri Mignano's collection 'Mandolin Melodies' which has Torna a Surriento as well as many other Italian favorites that no doubt your grandfather would have enjoyed. One of the best collections out there. You can get it (along with a lot of interesting information on Italian-American mandolin tradition) from Sheri's website:

    http://www.zighibaci.com/

    Even though the song is widely available, I don't feel comfortable passing along copies of her material with her permission. Other versions should arrive on the thread here shortly no doubt. I do have a version in Tablature (which I find kind of annoying but sometimes useful) that I can send you if you like.

    The song is quite straightforward and easy to play. It was one of the first tunes I learned on the accordion, actually. Always good to learn things by ear. I am a bit lazy so I learned to read music.

    Glad to hear you are picking up the mandolin!

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    Quote Originally Posted by brunello97 View Post
    Nice choice for a first song. It is a great melody and I still love to play it. Do you read standard notation, Lou? If so, I might direct you to Sheri Mignano's collection 'Mandolin Melodies' which has Torna a Surriento as well as many other Italian favorites that no doubt your grandfather would have enjoyed. One of the best collections out there. You can get it (along with a lot of interesting information on Italian-American mandolin tradition) from Sheri's website:

    http://www.zighibaci.com/

    Even though the song is widely available, I don't feel comfortable passing along copies of her material with her permission. Other versions should arrive on the thread here shortly no doubt. I do have a version in Tablature (which I find kind of annoying but sometimes useful) that I can send you if you like.

    The song is quite straightforward and easy to play. It was one of the first tunes I learned on the accordion, actually. Always good to learn things by ear. I am a bit lazy so I learned to read music.

    Glad to hear you are picking up the mandolin!

    Mick
    Hey Thanks Mick,

    I wish I could read standard notation. I guess if I applied myself I could figure out how to play an easy song in a few days. That collection sounds great I will check out Sheri's website.

    It would be great if you could share that tab so I could get started. I think the hardest part will be the tremolo.

    I found a tab of Tarrantella that I am having fun with for now. I really want to learn Sorrento first.

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    Lou, you also might consider checking out the TEF (Table Edit File) system which has a huge number of available songs for playing through it. You can download a free 'player' version or a more complex editing and composition tool. TEF files play through the system and you can speed up or slow down the playback in order to learn difficult passages. Torna a Sorrento is available as a TEF file from the Mandozine site, I believe.

    Attached is a version of the song in TAB. Honestly, I find it more confusing than standard notation but to each his own. Have fun! Lots of information on the MC for helping develop tremelo. A search should turn up a lot of discussion.

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    I am looking for it too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeverson View Post
    I am looking for it too.
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    Just wanted to mention that if you wanted it in standard notation and tab, it is in my "French & Italian Tunes for mandolin & fiddle" book; there's also companion audio available. That is a lovely and evocative tune! https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/c...lin-and-Fiddle

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    HAL Leonard Vol. 7 Italian Classic has that in it ,and is very well arranged

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    I have a copy . I can send it to you via email. let me know .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nigel Gatherer View Post
    Nice version, in Am instead of the more common Dm or Cm versions.

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    Thank you for sharing this tab, Nigel! It is not only accurate but beautifully illustrated. I will enjoy using it.

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    You're very welcome, Terry. I love hearing about people getting use from my site.

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    I learned this for a wedding eons ago. Then had to relearn it for an Italian restaurant gig around ten years ago. Then revisited it during a subsequent solo gig. I ended up translating it into the Nashville number system. You can see a bit of that here, for the first line. I should have that somewhere in my files. If I find it, I'll post it.

    This guitar tab may not translate very well here. But if you copy and paste it into a Wordpad or Word document, using Courier font, things should return to order. If you play guitar, or a friend does, the tab might be useful. Otherwaise, not so much. What I did was write out the notes' names, and dumped the tab. I included the tab here only in case it helps. Maybe all you need is the letters. I have it Em; familiarity with the corresponding G scale was probably why.


    E F# G A B G | B B | A B C B C A | E
    1 2 3b 4 5 3b 5 5 4 5 6b 5 6b 4 8
    E F# G F# E F# | B B | A B A G F# G | E

    E D# B C# D# B | C# C# | D# C# B C# D# B | C# C#

    G# A B G@ F# E | A A | B C# D# C# B C# | G# G#

    E D# B C# D# B | C# C# | F# E D# E F# D# | E E

    E F# G F# E F# | B B | A B A G F# G | E

    E F# D# C# | E C# | B D# E F# D# C# | B B

    A C E | G F# E | E F# C# E | E E


    E|-0------|-0------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|
    B|-0------|-0------|-----------------0-------|-0----0-----|-----0---1-------1-------|
    G|-0------|-0------|---------0---2-------0---|------0-----|-2-----------2-------2---|
    D|-2------|-2------|-2---4-------------------|------2-----|-------------------------|
    A|-2------|-2------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|
    E|-0------|-0------|-0-----------------------|-0----------|-------------------------|

    E F# G A B G B B A B C B C A

    E|-0----0-----|-0---2---3---2---0---2---|------------|-------------------------|------0-----|
    B|------0-----|-------------------------|-0----0-----|-----0-------------------|------0-----|
    G|------0-----|-------------------------|------0-----|-2-------2---0-------0---|------0-----|
    D|------------|-------------------------|------2-----|-----------------4-------|-2----------|
    A|------------|-0-----------------------|------------|-2-----------------------|------------|
    E|-0----------|-------------------------|-0----------|-------------------------|-0----------|

    E E F# G F# E F# B B A B A G F# G E

    E|-0-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|
    B|-----4---0---2---4---0---|-2----2-----|-4---2---0---2---4---0---|-2----2-----|---------0---------------|
    G|-------------------------|------2-----|-------------------------|------1-----|-1---2-------1-----------|
    D|-------------------------|------2-----|-------------------------|------2-----|-----------------4---2---|
    A|-------------------------|-0----------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|
    E|-0-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|-0----------|-0-----------------------|

    E D# B C# D# B C# C# D# C# B C# D# B C# C# G# A B G@ F# E

    E|------0-----|-------------------------|------0-----|-0-----------------------|------------|
    B|------2-----|-0---2---4---2---0---2---|------0-----|-----4---0---2---4---0---|-2----2-----|
    G|-2----2-----|-------------------------|-1----1-----|-------------------------|------2-----|
    D|------------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|------2-----|
    A|-0----------|-2-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|-0----------|
    E|------------|-------------------------|-0----------|-0-----------------------|------------|

    A A B C# D# C# B C# G# G# E D# B C# D# B C# C#

    E|-2---0-------0---2-------|-0----0-----|-0---2---3---2---0---2---|------------|-------------------------|
    B|---------4-----------4---|------1-----|-------------------------|-0----0-----|-----0-------------------|
    G|-------------------------|------0-----|-------------------------|------0-----|-2-------2---0-------0---|
    D|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|------2-----|-----------------4-------|
    A|-2-----------------------|-3----------|-4-----------------------|------------|-2-----------------------|
    E|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|-0----------|-------------------------|

    F# E D# E F# D# E E E F# G F# E F# B B A B A G F# G

    E|------0-----|-0---2-------------|-0----------|---------0---2-----------|------------|
    B|------0-----|---------4-----2---|------2-----|-0---4-----------4---2---|-0----0-----|
    G|------1-----|-------------------|------2-----|-------------------------|------1-----|
    D|-2----------|-------------------|------2-----|-------------------------|------2-----|
    A|------------|-------------------|-0----------|-2-----------------------|------------|
    E|-0----------|-0-----------------|------------|-------------------------|-0----------|

    E E F# D# C# E C# B D# E F# D# C# B B

    E|-----------0----|-3-----2---0----|-0---2--------0----|-0------|-0------|
    B|------1----1----|-2--------------|---------4---------|--------|-0------|
    G|-2----2---------|-0--------------|-------------------|--------|-1------|
    D|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------|-2------|
    A|-0--------------|----------------|-------------------|--------|-2------|
    E|----------------|-0--------------|-------------------|-0------|-0------|

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    Aha. You might want to just disregard the previous post and save your sanity. This will help you put it into any key you like. The attached text file has a neater appearance (the bars line up, mostly).

    TORN' A SORRENTO

    1 2 3b 4 5 3b | 5 5 | 4 5 6b 5 6b 4 | 8

    8 9 10b 9 8 9 | 5 5 | 4 5 4 3b 2 3b | 1


    8 7 5 6 7 5 | 6 6 | 7 6 5 6 7 5 | 6 6

    3 4 5 3 2 1 | 4 4 | 5 6 7 6 5 7 | 3

    8 7 5 6 7 5 | 6 6 | 9 8 7 8 9 7 | 8 8

    8 9 10b 9 8 9 | 5 5 | 4 5 4 3b 2 3b | 1

    8 9 7 6 | 8 8 | 6 7 8 9 7 6 | 5 5

    4 5 8 | 10b 9 8 | 8 9 7 8 | 8
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    Quote Originally Posted by brunello97 View Post
    Attached is a version of the song in TAB. Honestly, I find it more confusing than standard notation but to each his own. Have fun! Lots of information on the MC for helping develop tremelo. A search should turn up a lot of discussion.

    Mick
    thanks for posting...like you I'd rather just have staff notation....but this one uses a lot of closed fingerings and as such is pretty good.

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