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From: cso@cth.u-psud.fr (Equipe CSO)
Prelude No 1 in C major - BWV 846/1 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
(from Book 1 of the The Well Tempered Clavier)
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last amended by Weed 23rd December 2001 - weed@venus.co.uk
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various changes including -
old bar 23 (from Schwencke's MS of 1783) removed
old bar 35 split into new bars 34 and 35
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thanx to Jim Molloy for help & advice - James.Molloy@amermsx.med.ge.com
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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 three.
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
1 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........
5 Am/C D/C G/B C/B
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................
9 Am7 D7 G Gdim7
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...............
13 Dm/F Fdim7 C/E F/E
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................
17 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---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[see below for alternatives] III..............
21 Fmaj7 F#dim7 Dm7b5/13 G7
E |---------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-------1-----1---|---------4-----4-|-----------------|---------3-----3-|
G |-----2-----2-----|-------5-----5---|---------7-----7-|-------4-----4---|
D |---3-------------|-----7-----7-----|-----9-10--9-10--|---3h5-----5-----|
A |-----------------|---3-------------|---8-------------|-----------------|
D |-3---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|
2 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 2
V................................. V...............
25 C/G G7sus G7 F#dim7/G
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|
B |---------5-----5-|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------7-----7-|
G |-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|
D |-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----7-----7-----|
A |---7-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|
D |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
V.................................. III..............
29 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.......................
33 F/C Dm7 G7/B
E |-----------1-----------------------|-----------1-----------------------|
B |---------1---1----1----------------|-------0-3---3-0-3-0---0-----------|
G |-------2-------2----2---2----------|-----0---------------0-------------|
D |-----3----------------3---3-0-3-0--|-------------------------0-3-2-0---|
A |-3-3-------------------------------|-3-2-------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
35
C
E |------------------||
B |-1----------------||
G |-0----------------||
D |-2----------------||
A |-3----------------||
D |------------------||
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the original tab had the following for measures 22 and 23 -
E |-----------------|-----------------|
B |-------1-4---1-4-|-----0-----0-----|
G |-----2-----2-----|-------5-7---5-7-|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |---3-------------|---8-------------|
D |-4---------------|-6---------------|