Cavatina is a classical guitar piece composed
by Stanley Myers. The piece was originally
written for piano, but guitarist John Williams
asked Myers to rewrite and expand it to
classical guitar. It became a hit as the main
theme for Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter
1978 movie.
I wanted to learn this piece but I could not
find the sheet music for it, so I took it by ear
and transcribed it myself in March, 2010, in a
hotel room. This is the transcription you have
in your hands. Some parts are slightly
different from the original, reflecting the way
I play it.
I hope it can be useful to you.
Enjoy.
Rodrigo César de Freitas Dias,
Brazil.
Cavatina
Theme from The Deer Hunter
Stanley Myers
Transcription:
4 3
Arr: John Williams
1
Rodrigo César de Freitas Dias
4
4
4
3
3
4
1
6 0
3
2
4
0
0
1
11 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
0 0 0 1 0 2
0
3
1
3
3 2 3
3
2
3
0
16 1 0
4 3 0
21
4
3
4
1
1 0
4
0 4 4 0 2
0 0
3
3 2 3
26 0 0 2
2 1 0 1
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0
1
0
3
39
4
2
3
1 3 2
3 2 2
4 0 4
44
1
4 0 0
1
2
3 2
3
48 0 0
4 0
4
1
0
1
2
0
1
3 0 0 0 1 0 0
53 1 1 0
3
0
2
D.S. al Coda
4
2
0
0 0 0
57 2 0 0
4 2 0 1 0
3
3
3 3
2
3 1
1 0
0
0
61
4 4 2
0
