BWV 825, Keyboard Partita No 1 in Bb - 3. Corrente (Courante) - JS Bach arranged for guitar in D major by Eduardo Fernandez see Notes & Legend below - weed@wussu.com - 24 August 2016 headings, Notes and links last updated 4 August 2020 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/bach_js_bwv0825_keyboard_partita_no1_in_bb_3_corrente_1.mid audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHEGTJWdPHk - Eduardo Fernandez tuning: D A D G B E key: D major time: 3/4 CX____ cII___________ CII_____ CVII____ 0 . |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| E|-----|---2---------2-5---|---2-----------7---|---5-0-2-------10--| B|--3--|-3---2-3---3-----2-|-3---2-3-0---8---2-|-3-------3-7-10--7-| G|*----|---------2---------|-----------7-----0-|-------------------| D|*----|-0=======--4-0===4-|-----------5-0===--|-----------7-----7-| A|-----|-------------------|-2=======----------|-------------9===--| D|-----|-------------------|-------------------|-4=======----------| 2 1 3 4 3 1 2 4 1 2 4 4 3 3 1 3 3 CII___ CII CII_____ cVII__ 4 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| 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D|-----------6-----------|-0-4-5---4-2-0-4---|-------------------| 3 4 2 3 1 1 1010 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 2 1 3 1 cII___ cII tr. 58 |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | . | . | . | . | E|---2---------2-5---|---3-0-------------|-----------------|| B|-3---2-3---3-------|-0-----2========3--|-3===========----|| G|---------2---2---5-|-----0-2=====------|-2===========----|| D|---0-2-4-2-0---4-0-|-------------------|-4===========---*|| A|-------------------|-------------0=====|-5===========---*|| D|-4-----------------|-5===--------------|-----------------|| 2 2 4 1 3232 2 3 3 2 2 Notes & Legend -------------- This is my favourite Bach keyboard piece. On the keyboard the tempo is usually 115-140 bpm (quarter notes) (Claudio Arrau, Lang Lang, Dinu Lipatti, Andras Schiff), tho unsurprisingly Glenn Gould rattles through it at 160 bpm. On the guitar it is often played at a slower pace to accommodate the ornaments. Piano edition used - Rudolf Steglich (1970), revised G Henle (Munchen, 1979). MIDI (original keyboard): http://www.wussu.com/guitar/bach_js_bwv0825_3_p.mid The time signature is 3/4, but the piece is written as though it were in 9/8. I have the sheet for the David Tanenbaum arrangement, but not for arrangements by David Russell or Blazej Sudnikowicz. If you have them i'd welcome a copy. (I hope to do more tab versions of this piece one day.) The piece is usually transcribed in D, but is often played with a capo on the 1st fret. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkKm9PpVZsQ - David Russell (capo on 1st) video: https://youtu.be/XMUg2bkHPTI?t=373 - Blazej Sudnikowicz (from 6min 13sec) The fingering is difficult in places, with some 5 fret stretches to preserve the phrasing. There may be an easier easier way to play some of the measures. The tempo of the MIDI file is 108 bpm (quarter notes). === - duration, length of note, note held g - grace note - acciaccatura - the note is played immediately before or at the same time as the following note and is immediately released (played as a pull-off) h - hammer-on tr - trill - the rapid alternation of a note with the note above it CI - barre on the 1st fret with the 1st finger cII - part barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger CII - barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger CVI - barre on the 6th fret with the 1st finger cVII - part barre on the 7th fret with the 1st finger CVII - barre on the 7th fret with the 1st finger CIX - barre on the 10th fret with the 4th finger CX - barre on the 10th fret with the 4th finger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com