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** "The Magic Box" by Francis Bebey **
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** Arranged by John Williams **
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** tab by James McKaskle **
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** email: jmcka2@hotmail.com **
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"The Magic Box" refers to an argument in Francis Bebey's childhood village
in Cameroon. Someone had brought a box to the village . Inside this box was
a phonograph. None there had ever seen or heard of such a thing until this
moment so it came as a surprise when it began to play music. They believed
there was a little man somewhere in the box, but no one could see him. The
elders had an ongoing discussion as to the nature of this little man and his
magic box. "The Magic Box" pays hommage to this. (It was finally settled that
the tiny musician must live on the record itself because the music wouldn't
play without it.)
"The Magic Box"
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| + | + | + | +E|-------------5-------4---5-------|-B|---------------------------------|-G|-------------5-------4---5-------|-D|---------------------------------|-A|-0-------------------------------|-E|-----------------0---------------|-
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|---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|-B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|-G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|-D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|-A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|-E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-
|-1st & 3rd endings--------------------------------------------------|
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|-2nd ending---------------------------------------------------------|
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|-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------- |---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-8----8----8----7-------5--------|-4-------7-----------------------|-B|---------------------------------|-3---------------3-------6-------|-G|-9----9----9----7-------5--------|---------7-------1-------7-------|-D|----------------0-------3--------|-2-------------------------------|-A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-E|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-
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|---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|--3----3----3----5---5-------3---|-----3-------1-------1-------0---|-B|--1----1----1--------------------|---------------------------------|-G|--0----0----0----5---5-------4---|-----4-------2-------2-------0---|-D|--2--------------0---------------|---------------------------------|-A|--3------------------------------|---------------------------------|-E|---------------------------------|-3---------------1---------------|-
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|---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-8----8----9----7-------5--------|-4-------7-----------------------|-B|---------------------------------|-3---------------3-------6-------|-G|-9----9----9----7-------5--------|---------7-------1-------7-------|-D|----------------0-------3--------|-2-------------------------------|-A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-E|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-
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|---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|--3----3----3----5---5-------3---|-----3-------5-----------5-------|-B|--1----1----1--------------------|---------------------------------|-G|--0----0----0----5---5-------4---|-----4-------5-----------5-------|-D|--2--------------0---------------|---------------------------------|-A|--3------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|-E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-6-------3-----------------------|-1---------------------------0---|-B|-5---------------5-------1-------|-1-------------------1-h-3-------|-G|-3---------------3---------------|-2-------0-h-2---3---------------|-D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-A|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|-E|---------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|-
|---3Q----| | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-1----1----1----3---3-------1---|-----1-------3-------3-----------|-B|-1----1----1----3---3-------1---|-----1-------3-------3-----------|-G|-2----2----2----4---4-------2---|-----2-------4-------4-----------|-D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-E|-1--------------3---------------|-1---------------3---------------|-
| + | + |---3Q----| /f\ + | + | + | +E|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|-B|-1--------------------3----1----|-----------------0---------------|-G|-0------------------------------|-------------1-------------------|-D|--------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|-A|-3------------------------------|-----2-------R-u-b-a-t-o---------|-E|-----------------3--------------|-0-------------------------------|-
| + | + | + | +E|----------------<12>-----0-------|-|-B|--------<12>---------------------|-|-G|---------------------------------|-|-D|---------------------------------|-|-A|---------------------------------|-|-E|---------------------------------|-|-
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E|-8---8-------8-------7-----8-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|-B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-G|-9---9-------9-------7-----9-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|-D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-A|-0---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-E|-----------------0-----------------|-----------------0---------------|-
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E|---------0-------3-----------1---|-------------------------1-------|-B|-----------------5-----------3---|-------------------------3-------|-G|-----------------3-----------2---|-------------------------2-------|-D|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-A|-0---------------4---------------|-----------------0---------------|-E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|------3Q------| + | + | + | + | + | +E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|-B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|-G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|-D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|-A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|-E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-
|-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------|
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|-2nd ending---------------------------------------------------------|
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| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E||--7-------10------4-----------5---|-----0-------1---3---1---0-------|-B||------------------3---------------|-----------------------------3---|-G||o-7-------10------------------5---|---------------------------------|-D||o-0---------------2---------------|-----------------0---------------|-A||----------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
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| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E||--8---8-------8-------7-----8-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|-B||------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-G||o-9---9-------9-------7-----9-------|-------------5-------4---5-------|-D||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-A||--0---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-E||------------------0-----------------|-----------------0---------------|-
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +E|---------0-------3-----------1---|-------------------------1-------|-B|-----------------5-----------3---|-------------------------3-------|-G|-----------------3-----------2---|-------------------------2-------|-D|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-A|-0---------------4---------------|-----------------0---------------|-E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
|------3Q------| + | + | + | + | + | +E|-1----1----1----0---------------|-------------0-------4---7-------|-B|-3----3----3----3-----------3---|-------------3-------------------|-G|-2----2----2----2-----------1---|-------------1-------4---7-------|-D|-0--------------------------2---|---------------------------------|-A|----------------0---------------|-2-------------------------------|-E|--------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|-
|-1st ending---------------------------------------------------------|
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |E|-----4-------0-------------------|-------------------------0-------||-B|-----------------3-----------1---|---------------------------------||-G|-----4-------1-------------------|--------------------------------o||-D|-----------------3-----------2---|--------------------------------o||-A|-2-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||-E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------||-
/f\ + | + | + | + | + | + | + /f\ +E|-----------------8-------7-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-B|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-G|-----------------9-------7-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-D|---------------------------------|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-A|---------------------------------|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-E|-7-------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-
| + | + | + | +E|-7==============================-||B|-7==============================-||G|-7==============================-||(oo)====++D|-7==============================-||A|-7==============================-||E|-5==============================-||
Key:
|---3Q----| triplet quarter notes
|-3E--| triplet eighth notes
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( arpeggiate the chord from high to low
)
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<12> 12th fret harmonic
E||-- --||- B||-- --||- G||o- -o||-
D||o- -o||- open and close repeats A||-- --||- E||-- --||-
0====(0)==== (measure 19) indicates tied note
/f\ fermata
---2-h-3--- hammer on
