BWV 1003 - Violin Sonata No 2 in Am - 1. Grave - Johann Sebastian Bach Tabbed by Jonathan Barchas - solifugyd(@T)gmail(d.t)com Corrections 13 April 2005 by Alan Melvin - http://alan.melvin.com [* correction to 10th line - 17 May 2004] [@ corrections and tr trills from Bach's autograph, plus some suggested articulations in measure 5 and comments on ending - 13 April 2005] In tabbing this song, I broke up each measure of the original score into four measures. This is because the abundance of thirty-second and sixty-fourth notes would have required each measure to be far too long. So, for example, the first chord is not a whole note, but actually a quarter note. Anyway, it's easier to keep track of the rhythm when broken down like this. Listen to the MIDI for a suggested tempo. 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|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----4-------4-------4-------4---| |-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------| |-----3-------3-------3-------3---|-----4-------4-------4-------4---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-0-------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-2-------------|(2)------------|(2)------------|(2)------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| ALAN's COMMENT: More than one guitarist has substituted the ending from Bach's keyboard version. It seems more convincing on guitar: 22| | | | | | | | |---------------------8-------10--|---------0-----------------------| |---------10--9---10------12------|-9---10------1-------------------| |-----9---------------------------|-----------------2-----------2---| |---------------------------------|---------------------2---3-------| |-8-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ("tr") | | | | | | | | |-------------------------0-------|-0---0---0---0---0---0-----------| |-----0---1---2---3---4-----4-2-4-|---4---4---4---4---4---4-2---4---| |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |(3)------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------3-------2-------0-------| |-----------------1---------------|-2----------------------(2)------| (* 23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-0-------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-1-------------|(1)------------|(1)------------|(1)------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-2-------------|(2)------------|(2)------------|(2)------------|| |-0-------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|(0)------------|| In fact, all movements of this sonata end on major chords. The only major weakness of the violin version is a failure to clarify this release by filling them out. JON B'S ORIGINAL COMMENT AND ENDING: "NOTE: The song sounds awfully weird when ended like this. It's meant to lead into the following movement of the sonata, the Fuga, for which it serves well. But if played standing alone, you might want to substitute this ending, or improvise your own:" (* (* | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|-0-----------------------1-------| |-5-----------------------4-------|-------------------------3-------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------| |-5-----------------------4-------|-2-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------| | | | | | | | | |-5-------------------------------|-0------------------------------|| |-5-------------------------------|-1------------------------------|| |-7---------------5-------4-------|-2------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-2------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-0------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ========================-=[Symbols Used]=-=========================== /----3----\ (* | | | | | | | | |-----------------0-----------1---|(1)----------------------3tr1---|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------0---------------------|--------------------------------|| |-2----3----------2---------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|| triplets fermata hold previous note trill