BWV 847, Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, No 2 - 1. Prelude in Cm - JS Bach Editions: Alfredo Sanchez, Editions Orphee PWYS-49 (Columbus, USA, 2000) Richard Jones (+ Tovey), AB2283 (ABRSM, London, 1994) (piano) see Notes and Legend below tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 25 October 2018 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/bach_js_bwv0847_1_wtc1_no02_prelude_in_cm.mid video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtGmUq5iI8E - Pavel Shatsky video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOx2AF3kss - Michael Ladehoff video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhKvfYYMC1g - Adam Fulara (tapping) ********************************************************* measure 38 - last chord corrected to E-A-C# (from F-A-C#) weeed@wussu.com - 9 November 2018 ********************************************************* standard tuning: EADGBE key: transposed to A minor time: 4/4 a i m a i m a i c3_______________________________ p p p p p p p p a m i m i m i m 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-5---------------5---------------|---------------------------------| B|-----0-1---1-0-------0-1---1-0---|-6-3---3---3---3-6-3---3---3---3-| G|---5-----2-----5---5-----2-----5-|-----6-------6-------6-------6---| D|---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2-|---3---3-7-3---3---3---3-7-3---3-| A|-0-------3-------0-------3-------|-0---7---5---7---0---7---5---7---| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4 3 1 3 1 3 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 4 2 1 4 2 4 __c3______________________________ 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-4---------------4---------------|-5-0---0---0---0-5-0---0---0---0-| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|-----3-------3-------3-------3---| G|-----5---4---5-------5---4---5---|---------5---------------5-------| D|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|---------2---------------2---2---| A|-0---7---5---7---0---7---5---7---|-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3---3---3-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 c5__________________________ c4______________________________ 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-8---------------8---------------|-7---------------7---------------| B|---6-5-6---6-5-6---6-5-6---6-5-6-|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-| G|---------5---------------5-------|-----6---4---6-------6---4---6---| D|---7-5-7---7-5-7---7-5-7---7-5-7-|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-| A|-0-------8-------0-------8-------|-0---7---6---7---0---7---6---7---| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 C2______________________________ 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-7-0---0---0---0-7-0---0---0---0-|-5---------------5---------------| B|-----4---0---4-------4---0---4---|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-----4---2---4-------4---2---4---| D|-----4---2---4-------4---2---4---|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| A|---------------------------------|-----5---4---5-------5---4---5---| E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------| 4 3 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 4 H1 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-5---------------5---------------|-3---------------3---------------| B|---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3---3-1-3---3-1-3-| G|---------2---------------2-------|---------4---------------4-------| D|---3-2-3-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3-|---------0---------------0-------| A|---------------------------------|---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2-| E|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------| 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-|-1-0---0---0---0-1-0---0---0---0-| B|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----3---1---3-------3---1---3---| G|---------5---------------5-------|---------------------------------| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------| A|---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3-|-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-| E|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------| 4 3 4 3 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-1---------------1---------------|---------------------------------| B|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-5---------------5---------------| G|-----2---0---2-------2---0---2---|---0---0-5-0---0---0---0-5-0---0-| D|---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0-|---2-3-2-3-2-3-2---2-3-2-3-2-3-2-| A|-2---3-------3---2---3-------3---|-3---5-------5---3---5-------5---| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3---------------3---------------|-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-| G|---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-0-2-|-----2---1---2-------2---1---2---| D|---4-2-4-4-4-2-4---4-2-4-4-4-2-4-|---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0-| A|-3-------5-------2-------5-------|-2---3-------3---2---3-------3---| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 1 3 4 3 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 c1____c2____c1________c2____ 17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-|-1---------------1---------------| G|-----2---1---2-------2---1---2---|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-| D|---0---0-3-0---0---0---0-3-0---0-|---------2---------------2-------| A|-0---4-------4---0---4-------4---|-0-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-0-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 3 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 i m a m a m a m i m i m a m i m 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----0---3---0-------0---3---0---|---------1---------------1-------| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-| D|-0---------------0---------------|-1---------------1---------------| A|---0---0-2-0---0---0---0-2-0---0-|---3-2-3-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3-| E|-1---4-------4---1---4-------4---|-2---------------2---------------| 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 c1____c2____c1________c2____ a m i m i m i m 21 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-1---------------1---------------|-4---------------4---------------| G|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-4-2-1-2-| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------4-----------------------| A|---3-2-3-5-3-2-3---3-2-3-5-3-2-3-|---3-2-3-0-3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3-| E|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| 3 3 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 a m i m a m i m c1____ c1________ 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-0---------------0---------------|-1---------------1---------------| B|---------0-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------| G|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-0-2-1-2-|---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2---2-1-2-| D|---------0-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------| A|---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3-0-3-2-3-|---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3---3-2-3-| E|-3---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 C2____________ p p i p p i m i a m i p i p p i m i p i m a m i p p 25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------0-----------| B|---------------------0-----------|-----------------------1---------| G|-----------------1-----1---------|---------2-------5p2-----2-------| D|-------0-3p0---0---0-----3p0---0-|-------2---2---2-----------3-2h3-| A|-----2-------4---------------4---|-----3-------6-------------------| E|-0h4-----------------------------|-0h5-----------------------------| 3 1 2 3 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 c1__________c2______________ Presto (fast) p i m a m i m i a m i p p m i m a i p i p m p i a i p i 27 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------2-----------|---7---7-8----------5---5-7-------| B|---------1-------4-----3---------|-----10----10--10-7---9-----9---9-| G|-------2---2-1h2---2-----5p2---2-|-------------13---------------11--| D|-----1-----------------------6---|----------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|-0h2-----------------------------|-0================================| 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 2 C2____________________C4______ c9________c10___ c6 c7________c9 c7__ i a i a m i a i a i a m a m a m m a i m i m i m a m m p m p m i p p m p m p m i p p 29 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-0-4p2-4-5p2---2---2---2-4-------|---12-10-12-13p10-8-10-7-10-8-10-12-8p7-8-| B|-------------5---4---5-----5p4-5-|---9-----9--10------6----7----7--9--------| G|---4p2-4-5p2---2---2---2-4-------|------11-------10-9----7----9-------9p7-9-| D|-------------6---4---6-----6p4-6-|-9=-=-=-=---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------| E|===------------------------------|-0=-=-=-=---------------------------------| 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 c5______c7_______________c5________________ C8______C7______ i a i a m i m i m i m m i m i m i m i a i m i a i m i a i m p m p m p p p p p p p i p p p p p p p p p p 31 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|-5-8-7-8-10p7---7---7---7-8p5---5-|---5---5---10--10--8---8---7---7-| B|---5---5------10--9---10--5---9---|-5---9-------13------12------10--| G|-5---7---10p7---7---7---7---5---5-|---5---5-10======9=======7=======| D|--------------10--9---10------9---|-7---9---0=======----------------| A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|-----------------8=======7=======| 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 c5______c1____ i a i m a m m a m m i m p p i i p i i 33 | . | . | . | . E|---5---5-1=======0=======--------| B|-----9-----3p1-3---1p0-1-3-0---0-| G|-5=======--4===4---2===2-1===2---| D|---------0=-=-=----------0=======| A|-0=======--------3=-=-=--2=======| E|---------------------------------| 4 3 3 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 Adagio (slow) c2__________________ c3______________ arp. p m p i m p i m i p m i a i 34 | , . , | , . , E|-----------------------------------0-----5-----0---------0------- B|-2===================----0-------3-----8---8-----3--------------- G|-2===================--------6-------10------10--------------6--- D|-5===================7------------------------------------------- A|-0===============================-------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------------------- 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 2 4 4 __c3__________________ arp. M ........ m i m a i a i p a p i a p i | , . , | , . , E|---------------------0---------------0---1---0-------------------| B|-3g--3===============----3-------3-------------------0-----0---3-| G|---6g------------------------6-------------------7-------7---5---| D|-3===================------------------------------10--10--------| A|-0===============================--------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 Allegro (lively) i p a p i p p arp. C2__________ 35 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------| G|-----------------1-------1-------|---3p0---2---------0-------------| D|-6=-=-=--0h3-2-0---0---0h--3-2-0-|-------2---3---3-2---2---3-------| A|---0---2-------------------------|-4-----------5---------4---5---5-| E|-----4---------------------------|-----------------------------7---| 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 4 3 4 c5______________ p m i p m i p i p p p p p i m i i m i p i m i a m i 37 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . E|---------------------------------|-------------5---5=-=-=----------|| B|---------------------------------|-----3-0---6---9---5=-=0-2-------|| G|-----------------------------0---|---2-----7-----------7=-=2-------|| D|---2-----0-----------------2---2-|-3-----------------------2-------|| A|-4---4-----2---2-0=====2-4-------|-0===============================|| E|-------5-----4-----0-5===========|---------------------------------|| 3 1 3 4 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 Notes and Legend ---------------- The ending is an example of a Picardy cadence, common in Volume I of Bach's Well Tempered Klavier, where a piece in a minor key ends with a major 3rd or a chord containing it. A simple arrangement of this piece is to play all the upper notes together with the lower notes which fall on the 1st note of each beat. The Pavel Shatsky video uses the Alfredo Sanchez transcription. The Michael Ladehoff video is based on an arrangement by Alexander Vynograd. Use a capo on the 3rd fret to play the Prelude in its original key. The tempo of the MIDI is 76 bpm (quarter notes) - some people play it faster! measure 34 - Pavel Shatsky does not play the mordent measure 36 - in the guitar sheet there is also an A (6th string 5th fret) (quarter note) on the 1st beat measure 38 - in the guitar sheet the interval on the 1st beat is arpeggiated measure 38 - in the guitar sheet the last chord has a lower mordent measure 38 - in the keyboard sheet the 9th 10th & 11th notes are not held and the last note is just the top note of the chord F-A-C# left hand fingering below tab right hand fingering above tab 1 - index finger p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger a - ring finger === - note held =-= - let ring arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note h - hammer-on p - (between the notes) pull-off c1 - part barre on the 1st fret H1 - hinge barre on the 1st fret M - lower mordent (ornament) - play the main note, quickly followed by the note below, then quickly back to the original note - the sheet has an -> maybe meaning the mordent should be extended c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret c4 - part barre on the 4th fret C4 - barre on the 4th fret c5 - part barre on the 5th fret c6 - part barre on the 6th fret c7 - part barre on the 7th fret C7 - barre on the 7th fret C8 - barre on the 8th fret c9 - part barre on the 9th fret c10 - part barre on the 10th fret ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org