BuxWV 236, Suite in Em - 4. Gigue - Dieterich Buxtehude (c1637-1707) edition: Faber Music F0123 (transcribed by Julian Bream) (1967, London) see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 4 May 2023 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/buxtehude_buxwv236_suite_in_em_4_gigue.mid video: https://youtu.be/hxor7q7kNo4?t=458 - Judith Bunk (from 7min 38sec) video: https://youtu.be/bZGXETdLU3I?t=441 - Tony Pena (from 7min 21sec) standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E minor time: 12/8 c5_______ m a i m a i m a i p i a p i m i a m 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . e|-----12-------8--------7--------5-----|----7========---5=====---------0-----| B|--12-------10-------8--------7--------|-5=====------5-----------8--------7--| G|*-------12-------11-------9--------8--|-------7--5========---7-----5--------| D|*-------------------------------------|-------------------9--------------7--| A|--------------------------------------|----------------------------0=====---| 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a p i m p i 9 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|====---------------------0=====------|-------0-----------0========0=====0---| G|----6-----3========------------3-----|----------------3--------------------*| D|-------6--------2-----4-----------2--|----4--------2-----4===========4-----*| A|-4========4--5-----5========4========|-6========4========6========6=========| E|-2========2========2========2========|-7========---------7-----7============| 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 a p m p i m p i a m a i a p i a i m a i m i m 11 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . e|--------------------------------------|-------------------0========---------| B|--3-----3--------1--------1-----3-----|-0========3========------------------| G|*-------------0--------2-----4--------|-0-----0--------0--------0--2--2-----| 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A|----0--------------4-----------------|----------------0--------------------| E|----------7--------------------------|-------7--8=====---------------------| 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 a C7_______ m p i m a i m a m i m a i a m a m i m a m 19 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . e|-7========---7--------5-----------5--|-------5-----0-----0-----------7-----| B|-8========8--------7-----------7-----|----7-----------8-----10----------9--| G|-------0========7--------5--4--------|-4--------4-----------------7--------| D|----0==============0========---------|-------------------------7-----------| A|----------------------------6========|-7========7========------------------| E|-------------------------------------|-------------------8========7========| 3 4 3 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 C3_______ C2__________________________________ i m a m a i m a m i m a i m 21 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . e|-------8--------------------------3--|----5--------3-----------2-----------| B|----10----------10-------7-----5-----|-5-----4--5-----------5--------4-----| G|-9-----------9--------8-----4--------|----------------4--5--------4----p2--| D|----------10-------9-----------------|-------------------------------------| A|-0========0========0========---------|-------------------0========2========| E|----------------------------3========|-2========0========------------------| 2 4 1 3 2 4 3 4 1 3 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 c2_______a i m a i m i 23 | . . | . . | . . | . . e|-------0-----------0========0---------|| B|----0--------2-h4-----------0---------|| G|-0--------2-----------------0--------*|| D|----------4========2====p1--2--------*|| A|--------------------------------------|| E|-0=================---0==============-|| 1 4 3 2 1 2 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The main source for this Suite by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) is a hand-written MS in German organ tablature, in the Thomas Ihre collection at the University of Uppsala. Whether it was originally intended for a keyboard instrument or for a lute is not known: while the part writing would certainly present considerable technical difficulties for the average lutenist, there does exist another version of the work for keyboard, which differs in some respects from the Uppsala MS. Nonetheless, the character and spirit of this Suite is ideally suited to the guitar - a fact which led me to make this transcription which collates details from both sources." (Julian Brean) Judith Bunk plays it with a lilt, especially at the start - instead of phrases of 3 quarter notes as in the sheet, she plays a dotted quarter note plus an eighth note plus a quarter note. The tempo of the MIDI is 60 bpm (beats per minute - dotted quarter notes). The RHF is from the sheet, and is for the upper notes. The sheet fingering has some difficult stretches. The LHF in the Judith Bunk video may be easier in places - eg measure 6 - 6 | . . | . . | . . | . . |-------------------------------------| |----0--------0-----------------------| |-0--------------2--------0=====------| |-2=====4--2-----------0-----------4--| |-------5--3========2========---3-----| |----------------------------5========| left hand fingering (LHF) below tab right hand fingering (RHF) above tab 1 - index finger (forefinger) p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger (forefinger) 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger (pinky) a - ring finger === - notes held, length of note, duration h - hammer-on p - pull-off c1 - part barre on the 1st fret C1 - barre on the 1st fret c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret [etc] |---- ----| repeat the section |---- ----| |*--- ---*| |*--- ---*| |---- ----| |---- ----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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