E-|---Song:-Prelude-in-D-minor-(BWV999)------------| A-|---Author:-JSBach-------------------------------| D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------| G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------| B-|---http://www.chrisliang.com--------------------| 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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i [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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)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 am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m i p i p i p i m am (x02210@1)i m a (x02210@1) m i a (x02210@1)[43]II.................... E|--5=====================-|| B|--2=====================-|| G|--2=====================-|| D|-------------------------|| A|--0=====================-|| E|-------------------------|| L 4,1,1 R a,m,i,p ---- Tips ---- * 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 am (x02210@1)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