24 Preludes: Book 1

24 Preludes for Spanish Guitar Book 1

Roland Chadwick

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24 Preludes for Spanish Guitar Book 1 No. 1 in C Major "Better to go searching for the truth than pretending it isn't there." Douglas Adams

Allegretto q = 105

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                  

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Copyright 2013 Roland Chadwick. All Rights Reserved.

               

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  

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    

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                                

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                

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No. 2 in A Minor

4

"There is neither good nor bad. Only thinking makes it so."

1

William Shakespeare

Moderato q = 117

 

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                         

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                   

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No. 3 in G Major

6

"It's all made up." Jenny Obee

Roland Chadwick

Allegretto q = 110

     

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                                

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                             p 

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                                          

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  

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No. 4 in E Minor "This is the heart of the man: this is the heart of the matter; Break a little bread now; Spread it all around"

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Robert Plant

Largo h = 55

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       

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     

               

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      

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                           

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

 

No. 5 in D Major

9

"Thought is a biological function." Jonathan Miller

Allegro q = 120

         

1

mf



 

 

Roland Chadwick

                 

 

                             

 

                       

4

6

  

      

 

              

 

                      

8

10

                      

12

 

14

                         

                                 

16

10

 

18

 

20

                                                

 

22

   

 

 

       

           

                   

24



No. 6 in B Minor "As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generations I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with it's dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with it's branching and beautiful ramifications." Charles Darwin

Andante q = 93

Roland Chadwick

                               1

   

5

p espress.

                                

                                  

10

11

                              

14

 

18



   

                               

                  

23

      

28



 



 

  





 

          

   

      

rit.                             



32

No. 7 in A Major "We see the world in terms of what we have seen already"

Allegretto q = 110

   

1

Susan Greenfield

Roland Chadwick

                    

mf

                              

7

                           

12

                             

17

                 

22

      

12

                             

27

                             

32

                          

37

    

41



 

         

47



 



 

 

 

       



   







 

     





                           

52

         

57

  

62

 

66

 



 



               

        

                  

            



        

No. 8 in F# Minor

13

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's" William Blake

Andante q = 100

Roland Chadwick

                            

1

mf

5



   

  

     

  

  

            

            

                                                     10                                            13                                           15                                    8

 

17

 



                                     

19

  

   

     

 

                   

14

 

21

   

            

                     23                                        26                                                         29                                                  32                                      

                             

36

                                  

40

    

44

 

47



  mf

   

   

  

     ppp

      ppp

 

mf



   mf

       

  ppp

No. 9 in E Major

15

"What is known I strip away, I launch all men and women forward with me in to the unknown." Walt Whitman

Moderato q = 110

Roland Chadwick

                                             

1

                                                  

3

       

5

 

     

                  

                                                              

7

                                       

10

 

                                       

13

                                             

15

16

                                                 

18

                                            

21

                                       

24

                       

26



             

                                        

28

                                         

30

                       

32



No. 10 in C# Minor

17

"life wasn't invented, life wasn't designed. Life created itself, and that really does make the brain hurt." Roland Chadwick

Moderato q = 90

          

1

    

6

 

 

Roland Chadwick

 

                      

            

 

      

 

                                                

10

                             



14

 

17

  

 

     

 



 

                   

                           

21

 

25

 

 

 

 

      

28

                        

 

                     

18

               

32

 

         

                       

36

             

40

 

 

            

 

43

        

                    

                          

46

          

49

 

52



  

 

  

              



 

   

              

                              

55

58

  

  

 

  

 



  

 





                    











      

No. 11 in B Major

19

"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price." John Updike

Allegro q = 85

Roland Chadwick

 3          3                                

1

 3   3        3       3               

5

3                                             

9

                                       

13

                                  

17

                                      

21

  

25

                                     

20

          

29

3

                            3

                                     

33

        3                                 

37

        3                                   

41

   3                  3           

45

3                    3               

48

3 3                            

51

3



No. 12 in G# Minor

21

"Politics and Religion are obsolete; the time has come for Science and Spirituality" Pandit Nehru

Roland Chadwick

   

1

Andante q = 85

   mf

   

          

6

   

 

10

   

13

    



   





     

       

     

     

    





     

                    

                            



15

3 3   3 3    3                                    

18

3       3  3                                  

21

3 3          3        3                                  

23

p



22

                                              

26

                             

29

    

31

 



 



  



      

    



  mf

                             

34

                             

36

                                  

38

      

    

40

   

42

  

44

3

   3

  

      

        3

   3

3

     3

3

   3





         

    

3

3

         3

3

 

3      

46

  

48

  

50

3

  

  

3

    3



3

   

         3

3



         3



23

 

3



 p

                           

                                    

54

p

                                           

58

                                         

60

p

                                

62

p

  

64

p

                            p f

 mf



24

                                     

66

   



   



68

70

  

72



  



       

      





   



 

 



 







    

 



 







  

      

        





p

                               

74

                 

78







 



    



mp

                               

82

                                  

84

86                                          

25

                               

88

    

91

   







   

94

 

   

 

97





  





 



 

   









  











   

 

 



mf



  

 









 



3                                                3 3 3 3 3

99

p

3                                           3 3

102

3

3

3

                                           

105

3

3

3

3

3

3

26

                                              

108

3

     

111

3



       3

3

3

3

3



3

3

 3

       



3

 3

  

p    a m i p a m i                           

114

pp

                         

116

                   

118

 

                              

119

                       

120

                             

121

                            

122

27

                                    

123

                                     

125

                                     

127

                                     

129

                             

131

pp

       pizz.

ppp

                                             

134

               137                         

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ppppp 1st February 2008