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Bwv 999 Prelude Tab by Bach Johann Sebastian

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 C moll pour la Lute di J S Bach).  Originally for lute
in C minor,  well to guitar in D minor.  It is one of Bach's most
popular pieces for guitar.  It was originally in Cm, but is trans-
posed to Dm 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
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 1 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------5-----------------|-------5-----------------|-------6-----------------|
B|-----6---6---6-----------|-----6---6---6-----------|-----8---8---8-----------|
G|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
D|-0---------------7-------|-0---------------7-------|-0---------------8---5---|
A|---------------------8---|---------------------8---|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 4 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------6-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|
B|-----8---8---8-----------|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|
G|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---6-------6---6-3-------|---6-------6---6-3-------|
D|-0---------------8---5---|-0-------------------5---|-0-------------------5---|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


 7 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|
D|-0---------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|
A|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-1-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


10 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|
B|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----0---0-|
G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4-1-------|
D|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|---------------------2---|
A|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|


13 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------0-----------------|-------0-----------------|-------5-----------------|
B|-----1---1---1-----------|-----1---1---1-----------|-----5---5---5-----1---1-|
G|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---5-------5---5-2-------|
D|-----------------2-------|-------------------------|---------------------3---|
A|-0-------------------3---|-0---------------3---0---|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------------------|


16 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------5-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|
B|-----6---6---6-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
G|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|
D|-0---------------0-------|-----------------2-------|-----------------2-------|
A|---------------------2---|---------------------2---|---------------------2---|
E|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

19 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------5-----------------|-------7-----------------|-------8-----------------|
B|-----5---5---5-----------|-----9---9---9-----------|-----10--10--10----------|
G|---5-------5---5---5---5-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|---9-------9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|---------------------0---|-----------------7-------|
A|-----------------7-------|-----------------8-------|---------------------7---|
E|-0-------------------8---|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

22 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------10----------------|-------8-----------------|-------7-----------------|
B|-----9---9---9-----------|-----10--10--10----------|-----6---6---6-----------|
G|---9-------9---9---9---9-|---8-------8---8---8---8-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
D|-----------------9-------|-----------------7-------|-----------------6-------|
A|---------------------11--|---------------------8---|---------------------7---|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


25 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------5-----------------|-------5-----------------|-------4-----------------|
B|-----7---7---7-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|
G|---5-------5---5---5---5-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|
D|-----------------4-------|-----------------3---0---|-----------------2-------|
A|---------------------6---|-------------------------|---------------------2---|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


28 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------2-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------0-----------------|
B|-----1---1---1-----------|-----0---0---0-----------|-----1---1---1-----------|
G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---2-------2---2---2-----|
D|-----------------1-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------------2-|
A|---------------------3---|---------------------2---|-----------------3---0---|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|


31 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------3-----------------|
G|-----4---4---4-----2---2-|-----4---4---4-----1---1-|-----4---4---4-----1---1-|
D|---7-------7---7-3---0---|---6-------6---6-2-------|---6-------6---6-3---0---|
A|-------------------------|---------------------2---|-0-----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|


34 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------------------------|-------4-----------------|-------7-----------------|
B|-------3-2---2-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----9---9---9-----------|
G|-----4-----2---2---2---2-|---4-------4---4---4---4-|---7-------7---7---7---7-|
D|---7-------------2-------|-----------------3---0---|---------------------0---|
A|-0-------------------4---|-0-----------------------|-0---------------8-------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


37 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------5-----------------|-------3-----------------|-------1-----------------|
B|-----5---5---5-----------|-----5---5---5-----2---2-|-----3---3---3-----------|
G|---6-------6---6---6---6-|---6-------6---6-3---0---|---2-------2---2---2---2-|
D|-----------------7-------|-------------------------|-----------------3---0---|
A|-0-------------------7---|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


40 |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------0-------0---------|
B|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-----2---2---2--/6---9---|
G|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---2-------2-------7-----|
D|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|-------------------------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


43 |   |   |   |   |   |
E|-5-----------------------|
B|-5-----------------------|
G|-6-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|

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