Well Tempered Clavier Chords & Tabs
Well Tempered Clavier Tab
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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:t_o_m_m@hotmail.com
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bach_johann_sebastian/well_tempered_clavier_tab.html ]
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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