Guitar tabs
Prelude no.1 by Johann Sebastian Bach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retabulated by correction of 'Jurgen's' post. Looking at the original piano score I noticed some disparities between it and Jurgen's tabulation. I have therefore attempted to correct it. Also, the lowE MajorE must be tuned down to D. There may well be alternative positions that can be used so please don't take what I've written as law!!! Experiment... Have fun. David Atkinson (email: kaum0@central.susx.ac.uk). It is Jurgen's from here on: " Prelude #1 was originally written as an exercise for Bach's students and is probably one of the most famous preludes from "The Well-Tempered Clavier". Every classically-trained pianist knows it, but it is also a beautiful piece for guitar. It consists of a series of arpeggio's and it should be played as smoothly as possible. Every measure must be played twice, except for the last two (measures 34 and 35). I jotted down this transcription a few years ago. I think it was in a guitar-magazine in 1986 or 1987 or so and I didn't write down the names of the transcriber and the magazine, so I hope I don't violate copyright- laws with this posting. Well, here it comes: " +--------------+ | PRELUDE #1 | | (J.S. Bach) | +--------------+ Allegro
C majorC Dm/C G7/B
C majorC
E MajorE |---------0-----0-|---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|
BB |-------1-----1---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------1-----1---|
G+G |-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
D MajorD |---2-------------|---0-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|
A augmentedA |-3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|
D MajorD |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| II&V........ Am/C D/C
G/BG/B
C majorC
E MajorE |---------5-----5-|-----------------|---------3-----3-|-----------------|
BB |-------5-----5---|---------3-----3-|-------3-----3---|---------1-----1-|
G+G |-----2-----2-----|-------2-----2---|-----0-----0-----|-------0-----0---|
D MajorD |---2-------------|---0h4-----4-----|---0-------------|-----2-----2-----|
A augmentedA |-3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-2h3-------------|
D MajorD |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| V................
A minorAm
D7D7
G+G
C#dim7C#dim7
E MajorE |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB |---------1-----1-|-----------------|---------0-----0-|-----------------|
G+G |-------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|-------0-----0---|---------6-----6-|
D MajorD |-----2-----2-----|-----0-4-----4---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|
A augmentedA |-0h3-------------|---0-------5-----|---2-------------|-----7-----7-----|
D MajorD |-----------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-5h8-------------| III.............. II.&..V......... I............... Dm/F
Bdim7Bdim7
C/EC/E
FF
E MajorE |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|
BB |---------3-----3-|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-----1---|
G+G |-------2-----2---|---------4-----4-|---------5-----5-|-----2-----2-----|
D MajorD |-----0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-2h3-------------|
A augmentedA |---0-------------|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-----------------|
D MajorD |-3---------------|-3h6-------------|-2h5-------------|-----------------| I................
Dm7Dm7
G7G7
C majorC
C7C7
E MajorE |---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|
BB |-------1-----1---|-------0-----0---|-------1-----1---|-------1-----1---|
G+G |-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0h3-----3-----|
D MajorD |-0-3-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA |-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
D MajorD |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Fmaj7Fmaj7
F#dim7F#dim7
Bdim7Bdim7 What chord...?
E MajorE |---------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB |-------1-----1---|-------1-4---1-4-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
G+G |-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-------5-8---5-8-|-------5-7---5-7-|
D MajorD |---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
A augmentedA |-----------------|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|
D MajorD |-3---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-6---------------| III.............
G7G7 _
E MajorE |-----------------| / \
BB |---------3-----3-| |
G+G |-------4-----4---| Jurgen missed this bar I think. ____/
D MajorD |---3h5-----5-----|
A augmentedA |-----------------|
D MajorD |-5---------------| V.............. V...............
C/GC/G G7sus
G7G7 F#dim7/G
E MajorE |---------0-----0-|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|
BB |-----------------|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------7-----7-|
G+G |-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|
D MajorD |-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----7-----7-----|
A augmentedA |---3-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|
D MajorD |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------| V................................. III..............
C/GC/G G7sus
G7G7
C7C7
E MajorE |-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|
BB |---------8-----8-|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|
G+G |-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|
D MajorD |-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----5-----5-----|
A augmentedA |---7-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|
D MajorD |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------| I........... III.......................
F/CF/C G7/B
G/BG/B
C majorC
E MajorE |-----------1-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB |---------1---1----1----------------|---------3-6-3---3---------------1-|
G+G |-------2-------2----2---2----------|-------4-------4---4---4---------0-|
D MajorD |-----3----------------3---3p0-3p0--|---5-5---------------5-----3-2p0-2-|
A augmentedA |-3-3-------------------------------|-3-----------------------5-------3-|
D MajorD |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|