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Well Tempered Clavier Guitar Tablature
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From: "Thomas Mitterfellner" 
Subject: b/bach/well_tempered_clavier.tab
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:06:13 PST




WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER
PRELUDE 1  / C-major
by J.S. Bach

Piano arranged for guitar and bass (because guitar can't play notes 
below d)
But until 18th measure the bass isn't needed - just see yourself!

Transcribed and tabbed by Tom Mitterfellner (it took me about two days)

Hints:
Dropped d-Tuning seemed suitable to me (low to high: D A D G B E)
You may find it easier to hammer-on than to pluck each note individually 
when there are two notes on one string to play.
All fingerings are suggestions I feel quite comfy with.

Any comments, suggestions ...? Email me!
email:[email protected]

Here we go ... hope you enjoy!

e----||---------0-----0|---------1-----1|---------1-----1|---------0-----0||
B----||-------1-----1--|-------1-----1--|-------3-----3--|-------1-----1--||
G----||-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----0-----0----|-----0-----0----||
D----||---2------------|---0------------|---0------------|---2------------||
A----||-3--------------|-3--------------|-2--------------|-3--------------||
D----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Finger: 3 2 - 1 - - 1 -  3 - 2 1 1 2 1 1  2 - - 4 1 - 4 1  3 2 - 1 - - 1 
-    
Note:   c e g c e g c e  c d a d f a d f  b d g d f g d f  c e g c e g c 
e
Measure:1                2                3                4     

					  
e----||-------0-5---0-5|----------------|---------3-----3|----------------||
B----||----------------|---------3-----3|-------3-----3--|---------1-----1||
G----||-----2-----2----|-------2-----2--|-----0-----0----|-------0-----0--||
D----||---2------------|---0-4-----4----|---0------------|-----2-----2----||
A----||-3--------------|-3--------------|-2--------------|-2-3------------||
D----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Finger: 3 1 2 - 4 2 - 4  3 - 4 1 3 4 1 3  2 - - 3 4 - 3 4  2 4 3 - 1 3 - 
1
Note:   c e a e a a e a  c d f#a d f#a d  b d g d g g d g  b c e g c e g 
c
Measure:5               6                7                8

   
e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||---------1-----1|----------------|---------0-----0|---------2-----2||
G----||-------0-----0--|---------5-----5|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--||
D----||-----2-----2----|-----0-4---0-4--|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----||
A----||-0-3------------|---0------------|---2------------|--(1)-----------||
D----||----------------|-0--------------|-5--------------|-5-8------------||
Finger: - 3 2 - 1 2 - 1  - - - 1 2 - 1 2  4 1 - - - - - -  1 4 1 - 2 1 - 
2
Note:   a c e g c e g c  d a d f#c d f#c  g b d g b d g b  g a#e g c#e g 
c#
Measure:9               10               11               12


e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||---------3-----3|---------0-----0|---------1-----1|----------------||
G----||-------2-----2--|----------------|-------0-----0--|----------------||
D----||-----0-----0----|-----0-3---0-3--|----------------|---------3-----3||
A----||---0------------|----------------|-----3-----3----|-----0-3---0-3--||
D----||-3--------------|-3-6------------|-2-5------------|-2-3------------||
Finger: 2 - - 1 3 - 1 3  1 4 - 1 - - 1 -  1 4 2 - 1 2 - 1  1 2 - 3 4 - 3 
4
Note:   f a d a d d a d  f g#d f b d f b  e g c g c c g c  e f a c f a c 
f
Measure:13              14               15               16


e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G----||----------------|-0--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------||
D----||---------3-----3|---------3-----3|---------2-----2|---------2-----2||
A----||-----0-3---0-3--|-------2-----2--|-------3-----3--|-----2-3---2-3--||
D----||-0-3------------|---0-5-----5----|---2-5-----5----|---5------------||
Finger: - 1 - 2 3 - 2 3    - 4 1 2 4 1 2    1 4 2 1 4 2 1    4 1 2 1 1 2 
1
Note:   d f a c f a c f  g d g b f g b f  c e g c e g c e  c g b c e b c 
e
			 ^- bass note     ^- bass note     ^- bass note
Measure:17              18               19               20


e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G----||----------------|---5------------|-1--------------|-0--------------||
D----||-3-------2-----2|-4-------1-----1|---------0-----0|---------0-----0||
A----||-----0-3---0-3--|-----0-3---0-3--|-----2-3---2-3--|-------2-----2--||
D----||---3------------|----------------|---3------------|---3-5-----5----||
Finger:   2 - 3 1 - 3 1      - 3 1 - 3 1    2 1 3 - 1 3 -    2 4 1 - 4 1 
-
Note:   f f a c e a c e  f#c a c d#a c d# g#f b c d b c d  g f g b d g b 
d
	^- bass note     ^-^- bass notes  ^- bass note     ^- bass note
Measure:21              22               23               24


e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G----||-0--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0-------4-----4||
D----||---------2-----2|---------3-----3|---------0-----0|-------3-----3--||
A----||-------3-----3--|-------3-----3--|-------2-----2--|-----0-----0----||
D----||---2-5-----5----|---0-5-----5----|---0-5-----5----|---1------------||
Finger:   1 4 2 1 4 2 1    - 4 1 2 4 1 2    - 4 1 - 4 1 -    1 - 3 4 - 3 
4
Note:   g e g c e g c e  g d g c f g c f  g d g b d g b d  g d#a c f#a c 
f#
	^- bass note     ^- bass note     ^- bass note     ^- bass note
Measure:25              26               27               28


e----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B----||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G----||-0-------0-----0|-0--------------|-0--------------|---5------------||
D----||----------------|---------3-----3|---------3-----3|---------2------||
A----||-------3-----3--|-------3-----3--|-------2-----2--|-3-----1--------||
D----||---2-5-----5----|---0-5-----5----|---0-5-----5----|-----5(8)-------||
Finger:   1 4 2 - 4 2 -    - 4 1 2 4 1 2    - 4 1 2 4 1 2      4 1 2 4 1 
2
Note:   g e g c g g c g  g d g c f g c f  g d g b f g b f  c c g a#e g 
a#e
	^- bass note     ^- bass note     ^- bass note     ^-^- bass notes
Measure:29              30               31               32


e----||--------------------------------|----------------|-0--------------||
B----||--------------------------------|-------0-3---0-3|-1--------------||
G----||---5----------------------------|---4-0-----0----|-0--(5)---------||
D----||-----------3--------------------|----------------|-2--------------||
A----||-3-----0-3---3-0-3-0---0--------|-3--------------|----(3)---------||
D----||-----3---------------3---3-0-3-0|----------------|----------------||
Finger:     1 - 2 3 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 -      - - 2 - - 2      ^- bass 
notes
Note:   c c f a c f c a c a f a f d f d  c b g b d g b d           
played 
	^-^- bass notes                  ^-^- bass notes      together with
Measure:33                                34               35      
C-chord                 

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