Bwv 999 Prelude In D Minor Chords & Tabs
Bwv 999 Prelude In D Minor Tab
E-|---Song:-Prelude-in-D-minor-(BWV999)------------|
A-|---Author:-JSBach-------------------------------|
D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------|
G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------|
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E-|---Enjoy!---------------------------------------|
Prelude in D minor by BWV999 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Originally written for the lute in the key of C minor.
[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|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
L 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 1 2
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[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---0---|---6-------6---6-3---0---|
D|-0---------------8---5---|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
R 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[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|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
L 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 2
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[10]
I..................
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-----------------------|
R 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 1 3
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[13] *I..............
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-----------------------|
L 4 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 1
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[16] II................... II...................
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-----------------------|
L 2 4 3 4 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 3
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[19]
V.................... VII.................... VII....................
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-----------------------|
R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 1 3 1 3
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[22] IX................... VIII.................
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-------|-------------------------|-----------------6-------|
A|---------------------11--|-----------------12--9---|---------------------7---|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
L 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
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[25]
V...................... III................... II...................
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-----------------------|
R 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 3
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[28] I....................
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---2-|
D|-----------------1-------|-----------------0-------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------3---|---------------------2---|-----------------3---0---|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
L 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[31] ** see below for easier alternative
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-----------------------|-------------------------|
L 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 3 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 3 1 1
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[34]
II............ III................... VII....................
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
R 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 1
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[37]V.......................
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
L 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 2
R p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i
[40]I....................... I.......................
E|-------1-----------------|-------1-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----3---3---3-----------|-----3---3---3-----------|-------5-------5/6-----9-|
G|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|-----6---6---6-----7-----|
D|-----------------3---0---|-----------------3---0---|---7-------7---------9---|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
R 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
L p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m i p i p i p i m a m i m a m i a
[43]II....................
E|--5=====================-||
B|--2=====================-||
G|--2=====================-||
D|-------------------------||
A|--0=====================-||
E|-------------------------||
L 4,1,1
R a,m,i,p
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Tips
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* Bar [15]
This one is a toughy and may take some practice. This is actually a double barre
chord with the index holding a full barre and the pinky produces a half barre.
When you double barre, make sure you press down hard on the top bass string
(index) and the 3 treble strings (pinky). If you find this bar difficult,
try to experiment with thumb position on the back of the neck during barre delivery.
*I..............
E|-------5-----------------|
B|-----5---5---5-----1---1-|
G|---5-------5---5-2-------|
D|---------------------3---|
A|-------------------------|
E|-1-----------------------|
L 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 1
R p i m a m i m i p i p i
** Alternative bars Bar[31]-Bar[34]
If you have large hands with wide finger "wing span" coverage, your right hand
will be playing (pima-mimi-pipi) throughout the whole prelude. For smaller hands,
Bar[31]-Bar[34] will be a problem. But there's hope! Try playing Bar[31]-Bar[34]
with the following measures. Please note that although the alternative bars are
much easier to play-open strings and less finger stretches-it does not maintain
the integrity of the right hand pattern. A new unique right hand pattern is
required exclusively for these 4 bars (pimi-mimi-pipi). So the challenge is to
keep in time when switching the 2 plucking patterns back and forth.
[31]
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----0-3-0---0-----------|-----0-3-0---0-----------|-----0-3-0---0-----------|
G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|---1-------1---1---1---1-|
D|-----------------3---0---|-----------------2-------|-----------------3---0---|
A|-------------------------|---------------------2---|-0-----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
L 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1
R p i m i m i m i p i p i p i m i m i m i p i p i p i m i m i m i p i p i
[34]
II...........
E|-------------------------|
B|-----0-3-0---2-----------|
G|---2-------2---2---2---2-|
D|-----------------2-------|
A|-0-------------------4---|
E|-------------------------|
R 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
L p i m i m i m i p i p i
