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Bwv 999 Prelude tab by Bach Johann Sebastian

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Last week someone asked for the tab for Bach's Prelude from BMV 999
(Praelude in Chord diagramC majorC moll pour la Lute di J S Bach).  Originally for lute
in Chord diagramC majorC minor,  well to guitar in Chord diagramD MajorD minor.  It is one of Bach's most
popular pieces for guitar.  It was originally in Cm, but is trans-
posed to Chord diagramDmDm for guitar.  I like to play it brisk and flowing with
a slight accent on the the base notes.  It is in 3/4 time; the |'s
represent 8th notes.  Let me know if you find any mistakes.


Prelude, BMV 999                         Johann Sebastian Bach

I use a picking pattern of :
   p i m a m i m i p i p m     or
   p i m a m i m i p i p i

 1 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------5-----------------|-------5-----------------|-------6-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----6---6---6-----------|-----6---6---6-----------|-----8---8---8-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0---------------7-------|-0---------------7-------|-0---------------8---5---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------8---|---------------------8---|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 4 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------6-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----8---8---8-----------|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|
Chord diagramG+G|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---6-------6---6-3-------|---6-------6---6-3-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0---------------8---5---|-0-------------------5---|-0-------------------5---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 7 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0---------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-1-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


10 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----0---0-|
Chord diagramG+G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4-1-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|---------------------2---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|


13 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------0-----------------|-------0-----------------|-------5-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----1---1---1-----------|-----1---1---1-----------|-----5---5---5-----1---1-|
Chord diagramG+G|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---5-------5---5-2-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------2-------|-------------------------|---------------------3---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-------------------3---|-0---------------3---0---|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------------------|
16 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------5-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----6---6---6-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0---------------0-------|-----------------2-------|-----------------2-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------2---|---------------------2---|---------------------2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

19 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------5-----------------|-------7-----------------|-------8-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5---5---5-----------|-----9---9---9-----------|-----10--10--10----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---5-------5---5---5---5-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---9-------9---9---9---9-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------|---------------------0---|-----------------7-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------7-------|-----------------8-------|---------------------7---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-------------------8---|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

22 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------10----------------|-------8-----------------|-------7-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----9---9---9-----------|-----10--10--10----------|-----6---6---6-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---9-------9---9---9---9-|---8-------8---8---8---8-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------9-------|-----------------7-------|-----------------6-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------11--|---------------------8---|---------------------7---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


25 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------5-----------------|-------5-----------------|-------4-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----7---7---7-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---5-------5---5---5---5-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------4-------|-----------------3---0---|-----------------2-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------6---|-------------------------|---------------------2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


28 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------2-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------0-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----1---1---1-----------|-----0---0---0-----------|-----1---1---1-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---2-------2---2---2-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------1-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------------2-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------3---|---------------------2---|-----------------3---0---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


31 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----4---4---4-----2---2-|-----4---4---4-----1---1-|-----4---4---4-----1---1-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---7-------7---7-3---0---|---6-------6---6-2-------|---6-------6---6-3---0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|---------------------2---|-0-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|


34 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------4-----------------|-------7-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------3-2---2-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----9---9---9-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----4-----2---2---2---2-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---7-------------2-------|-----------------3---0---|---------------------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-------------------4---|-0-----------------------|-0---------------8-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


37 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------5-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------1-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5---5---5-----------|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|-----3---3---3-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---6-------6---6---6---6-|---6-------6---6-3---0---|---2-------2---2---2---2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------7-------|-------------------------|-----------------3---0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-------------------7---|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


40 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------0-------0---------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----2---2---2--/6---9---|
Chord diagramG+G|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---2-------2-------7-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|-------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


43 |   |   |   |   |   |
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-5-----------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-6-----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|

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