From: cso@cth.u-psud.fr (Equipe CSO)
Prelude no.1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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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 low E 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 Dm/C G7/B C
E |---------0-----0-|---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|
B |-------1-----1---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------1-----1---|
G |-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
D |---2-------------|---0-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|
A |-3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
II&V........
Am/C D/C G/B C
E |---------5-----5-|-----------------|---------3-----3-|-----------------|
B |-------5-----5---|---------3-----3-|-------3-----3---|---------1-----1-|
G |-----2-----2-----|-------2-----2---|-----0-----0-----|-------0-----0---|
D |---2-------------|---0h4-----4-----|---0-------------|-----2-----2-----|
A |-3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-2h3-------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
V................
Am D7 G Cdim7
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |---------1-----1-|-----------------|---------0-----0-|-----------------|
G |-------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|-------0-----0---|---------6-----6-|
D |-----2-----2-----|-----0-4-----4---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|
A |-0h3-------------|---0-------5-----|---2-------------|-----7-----7-----|
D |-----------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-5h8-------------|
III.............. II.&..V......... I...............
Dm/F Bdim7 C/E F
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|
B |---------3-----3-|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-----1---|
G |-------2-----2---|---------4-----4-|---------5-----5-|-----2-----2-----|
D |-----0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-2h3-------------|
A |---0-------------|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-----------------|
D |-3---------------|-3h6-------------|-2h5-------------|-----------------|
I................
Dm7 G7 C C7
E |---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|
B |-------1-----1---|-------0-----0---|-------1-----1---|-------1-----1---|
G |-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0h3-----3-----|
D |-0-3-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
D |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Fmaj7 Fdim7 Bdim7 What chord...?
E |---------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-------1-----1---|-------1-4---1-4-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
G |-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-------5-8---5-8-|-------5-7---5-7-|
D |---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
A |-----------------|---3-------------|---6-------------|-----------------|
D |-3---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-6---------------|
III.............
G7 _
E |-----------------| /
B |---------3-----3-| |
G |-------4-----4---| Jurgen missed this bar I think. ____/
D |---3h5-----5-----|
A |-----------------|
D |-5---------------|
V.............. V...............
C/G G7sus G7 Fdim7/G
E |---------0-----0-|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|
B |-----------------|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------7-----7-|
G |-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|
D |-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----7-----7-----|
A |---3-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|
D |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
V................................. III..............
C/G G7sus G7 C7
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|
B |---------8-----8-|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|
G |-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|
D |-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----5-----5-----|
A |---7-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|
D |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
I........... III.......................
F/C G7/B G/B C
E |-----------1-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---------1---1----1----------------|---------3-6-3---3---------------1-|
G |-------2-------2----2---2----------|-------4-------4---4---4---------0-|
D |-----3----------------3---3p0-3p0--|---5-5---------------5-----3-2p0-2-|
A |-3-3-------------------------------|-3-----------------------5-------3-|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
