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Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee - Guitar Tab

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About Flight of the Bumblebee

"Flight of the Bumblebee" is a rapid orchestral interlude composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a prominent Russian composer and member of the influential group known as The Five. Originally written for orchestra, the piece has become a iconic technical challenge when adapted for electric guitar, demanding fast alternate picking and precise fretting across a chromatic run. Its short duration of just over a minute makes it an intense but focused exercise in speed and accuracy.

  • The piece runs just over 77 seconds, making it a compact but demanding test of picking speed and endurance.
  • Rimsky-Korsakov was part of The Five, a collective that shaped the Russian classical music tradition.
  • On electric guitar, the piece is widely used as a benchmark for right-hand picking technique and fretboard fluency.

How to Play Flight of the Bumblebee

Key: B minor · Tempo: 180 BPM · Difficulty: Medium

Loop the hardest passage and creep the speed up from around 70 percent until it holds at 180 BPM.

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