Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F# Minor


Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F# Minor

by Johannes Brahms, 1869

Standard Tuning (transposed up 2 halfsteps)

(This plays a good bit slower than the symphonic version. “*” denotes theme in Section 1)


Section 1 (see alternate)

1 Am E Am Dm h
E --------------------------------------|-1-------------------
B -----------1----------------0---------|---3-----------------
G ----(2)--2--(2)--2--1-----2---2-------|-----2--0-2-----------
D ---2------------------2---------2---2-|-0--------------------
A ---0-------0------------3-------------|----------------------
E ------(0)-----(0)-----------------0---|---------------------
* * * * * * * * * * *



2 A E h
E ---0-----------------0----------|-------------0------------
B -----1---1---3-1-0-0------------|---------0-1---1---1-----
G -------2-----1-----1----2-------|---2---2---------2--------
D -------------------2------2---2-|-2------------------------
A ---0--------------------0---0---|-0-----------0------------
E -----------0--------------------|-----0-----------0--------
* * * * * * * * * * * * *

3 h h h h
E ---------------------|------5-------3-----0-1-------0----|
B --0-----1--3-1-----1-|--6-8---6-5-6---5-3-----3-1-3---1--|
G ----1-----------2----|-----------------------------------|
D ------2--------------|--0---------------0----------------|
A -------------0-------|----------0------------------------|
E --0------------------|-----------------------------------|
* * *

Section 2
4 C C F C G h
E -------------0-----||---0--0--1-------0--0----------0-----0---|
B --3--1--0--0-------||---1--1--1-------1--1--2---2-3---3-2---2-|
G --1--1--1--1---1--o||o--0--0--2--2----0--0--0-----------------|
D -----------2---2--o||o--------3-------------------------------|
A ---------------2---||---3--3-------3-----3--------------------|
E -------------------||-------------------------3---------------|


5 ar C h h
E --------0-------------------------------|
B --2--2--0--0----2--2--1---0-1-3-1-0-3-1-|
G --0--0--0----0--0--0--0-----------------|
D ----------------------------------------|
A --------2----------3----3---------------|
E --3--3----------------------------------|


(slower) (hard and fast)
6 E ar Am h p E
E ---------------------------------------|--0--------------
B --0--0--3--1---0--0----------0-----0-2-|--0--------------
G --1--1--1--1---1--1--2---1-2---2-1-----|--1--------2-2---
D --2--2--2--2---2--2--2-----------------|--2--------------
A -----------------------0---------------|--2--------0-0---
E --0--0--0----0----0--------------------|--0--0-2-4-------


Section 3(Fast)
7 h p ar
E -----------------||--5--0-0-0-0----------------|--5-----------
B ------0-----0----||--5--5-5-5-5-----------5--5-|--5--5-5-5-5--
G --1-2---2-1---2-o||o-6--6-6-6-6--7--6--7--6--6-|--6--6-6-6-6--
D ----------------o||o------7---------7--------7-|-------7------
A -----------------||--0--------0-----------0----|--0--------0--
E -----------------||----------------------------|--------------

Section 4 (Slow then fast)
8
E ---------------||----------------------------------5-----|
B ---------------||---2----2----2----0-----2-2-3-3-5---5---|
G --7-6-4-------o||o--2----3----2----1-----2-2-2-2-6---6---|
D ----0---7--7--o||o--2----0----2----2---------0-0-7---7---|
A ---------------||---0---------0----------0-0-------------|
E ---------------||------------------0---------------------|


9 ar
E -------------0----0----0---------5-----||
B ---2----2----0----2----2-3-2-0---------||
G ---2----3----1----2----2-------2---2--o|| Return to
D ---2----0-----------------------------o|| Section A (once)
A ---0--------------0----0---------------|| Section B (once)
E -------------0-------------------------|| to FINE


ar = arpeggio roll (0) = grace note st = Strum slow
p = Pull Off /s = slide up Sb = Slide bass note
h = Hammer on \s = Slide down W = Whole note (sustain)

Alternate Section 1
/s /s
E --------5--8-----5--4------5-7--5--------1-----3-5--0-------|
B --5----------5--------5-----------5---5----3----------1---1-|
G ----5----------5--------4-----------5--------2----------2---|
D ------7--------7--------6-----------7----0--------------2---|
A -----------0--------------------0-------------------0-------|
E --0---------------------------------------------------------|

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

From: Les Weller

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