E-|---Song:-Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring------------|
A-|---Composer:-Johann Sebastian Bach--------------|
D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------|
G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------|
B-|---http://www.chrisliang.com--------------------|
E-|---Enjoy!---------------------------------------|
p = pulgar = thumb
i = indice = index
m = medio = middle
a = anular = ring
[1] main riff A
e|-----------------------0-----|-----3--2--3-----------------|
B|-----------0--3--1--1-----3--|--3--------0--3--0--------0--|
G|-----0--2-----------0--------|--0-----------------0--2-----|
D|-----------0--------2--------|-----------2-----------------|
A|-----------------------------|--2--------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------|--------------------3--------|
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L 3 2 4 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2
2 1 1
[3]
E|--------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--1--3-----3--1--0-----0-----|--------------------1--0-----|
G|--2--------0--------2-----0--|-----0--2--------2--2-----2--|
D|-----------------------------|--4--------0--4-----0--------|
A|--0--------2--------3--------|--5--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 1 2
2 2 3 5 2
[5]
e|-----------------------0-----|-----3--2--3-----------------|
B|--0--------0--3--1--1-----3--|--3--------0--3--0--------0--|
G|-----0--2--0--------0--------|--0-----------------0--2-----|
D|-----------------------------|-----------2--------0--------|
A|--------------------3--------|--2--------------------------|
E|--3--------0-----------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 2 4 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 2
3 1 1
[7]
E|-----------------------------|-----------3-----------------|
B|-----3--1--0-----------------|-----0--3-----3--0-----0--3--|
G|-----------0--2--0-----0-----|--0-----------------0--------|
D|--2-----------------------4--|--------------------0--------|
A|--3--------4--------5--------|--------------------------2--|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------------------------|
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L 2 4 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 4
3 2
[9]
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--0-----------------1--------|--3-----------------3--------|
G|--0-----------------0--------|--2-----------------2--------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--3--------2--------0--------|--2--------3--------2--------|
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L 3 2 1 4 3 4
2 2
1 1
[11]
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--1-----------------0--------|-----------------------1--0--|
G|--0-----------------0--------|--2-----------2--0--2--------|
D|-----------------------------|-----0--2--4--------0--------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--0--------2--------3--------|--2--------------------------|
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L 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 1
1
[13]
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--1-----------------1--0-----|--0-----------------1--------|
G|-----2-----------2--2-----2--|--0-----------------0--------|
D|--0-----4--0--4-----0--------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------2--------0--------|
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L 1 2 4 4 2 1 2 3 2 1
2
[15]
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--3-----------------0--------|------0h1--0-----------------|
G|--0-----------------0--------|--2-----------------2--------|
D|-----------0--------2--------|-----------0-----------------|
A|--2--------------------------|--3-----------------3--------|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------2--------0--------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 4 2 2 1 2
1 3 3
[17] main riff B
e|-----------------------0-----|-----3--2--3-----------------|
B|-----0-----0--3--1--1-----3--|--3--------0--3--0--------0--|
G|--0-----2--0--------0--------|--0-----------------0--2-----|
D|-----------------------------|-----------2-----------------|
A|--------------------3--------|--2--------------------------|
E|--3--------0-----------------|--------------------3--------|
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L 3 2 4 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2
3 1 1
[19]
E|--------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--1--3-----3--1--0-----0-----|--------------------1--0-----|
G|--2--------0--------2-----0--|-----0--2--------2--------2--|
D|-----------------------------|--4--------0--4-----0--------|
A|--0--------2--------3--------|--5--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 1 2
2 2 3 5 2
[21]
e|-----------------------0-----|-----3--2--3-----------------|
B|--0--------0--3--1--1-----3--|--3--------0--3--0--------0--|
G|-----0--2--0--------0--------|--0-----------------0--2-----|
D|-----------------------------|-----------2--------0--------|
A|--------------------3--------|--2--------------------------|
E|--3--------0-----------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 2 4 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 2
3 1 1
[23]
E|-----------------------------|-----------3-----------------|
B|-----3--1--0-----------------|-----0--3-----3--0-----0--2--|
G|-----------0-----------0-----|--0-----------------0--------|
D|--2-----------2--0--------4--|-----------------------------|
A|--3--------4--------5--------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--3-----------------2-----0--|
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L 2 4 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 3
3
[25]
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--3-----------------0--------|--1-----------------1--------|
G|--2-----------------1--------|--2-----2-----0--------------|
D|--0--------------------------|--------------------3--2-----|
A|-----------3--------2--------|--0--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 2 1 1 2 1 2
1 2 2 3
[27]
E|-----------------------------|--------------0--------1--0--|
B|--0-------------1-h-3--0-----|-----1--0--1-----3--3--------|
G|--2--------------------1-----|--2--------------------------|
D|--0--------------------2-----|-----------3--------0--------|
A|-----------2-----------------|--0--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 1
2 3
[29]
e|--0--5--4--5--0--------------|--1--0-----------------------|
B|-----------------1-----0--1--|--------3--1--0--------------|
G|--------------------2--------|--2--------------2-----2--1--|
D|-----------3--------2--------|--0--------1--------2--------|
A|--3--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 1 4 3 4 1 3 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 1
1 2 2 1
[31]
E|-----------------------------|--0-----------------0--------|
B|--1-----------------3--------|--1--------------------------|
G|--2--------2--------0--------|-----------2--------0--------|
D|-----------------------------|--------------------2--------|
A|--0-----------------2--------|--3--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 1 2 4 1 2 2
2 2 3
[33]
rotate wrist back and forth
e|-------------0-h-1-----------|-----3--2--3--0--------------|
B|--3-----------------3--------|--1--------------1-----------|
G|--2--------------------------|--------------------0--2--3--|
D|--3-----0--------------------|-----------2-----------------|
A|-----------------------------|--3-----------------3--------|
E|--------------------3--------|-----------------------------|
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L 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 3 2 4
2 3 3 1
3
[35]
E|--------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----1-----1-----------------|-----------------------0-----|
G|--2-----------2--------------|--------------0-----0-----2--|
D|--3--------0-----3--0--2--3--|--2-----0--2-----4-----------|
A|-----------------------------|--3--3-----3--------2--------|
E|--------------------3--------|-----------------------------|
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L 2 1 1 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 1 2
3 3 3
[37]
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--0-----------------1--------|--3-----------------0--------|
G|--0--------0-----------------|--0-----------------0--------|
D|--------------------2--------|-----------2--------2--------|
A|-----------------------------|--2--------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 1 4 3 3
2 2
[39]
E|-----------------------------|-----------3-----------------|
B|-------0-h-1-----------------|-----0--3-----3--0-----0--3--|
G|--2-----------2--------------|--0-----------------0--------|
D|--------------0-----4--------|-----------------------------|
A|--3--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------------------------|
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L 2 1 2 4 1 3 4 3 3
3
[41]
e|--1-----------------0--------|-----------------------------|
B|-----3--0-----0--3-----1-----|--------1--3--0-----------0--|
G|-----------0--------------2--|-----2-----------0-----0-----|
D|-----------------------------|--4-----------------2--------|
A|--------------------3--------|-----------2-----------------|
E|--3--------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 1 4 4 3 1 2 4 2 1 4 2
3 2
[43]
main riff CE|-----------------------------|-----------------------0-----| (x32010@1)B|--1-----------------1--0-----|--0--------0--3--1--1-----3--|
G|-----2-----------2--2-----2--|-----0--2-----------0--------|
D|--------4--0--4-----0--------|-----------0--------2--------|
A|--0--------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------------------------|
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L 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 4
2 2
[45]
e|-----3--2--3-----------------|--------0--------------------|
B|--3--------0--3--0-----------|--1--3-----3--1--0-----0-----|
G|--0-----------------0--2--0--|--2--------0--------2-----0--|
D|-----------2-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|--2--------------------------|--0--------2--------3--------|
E|--------------------3--------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 4 1 2
1 1 2 2 3
[47]
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------0-----|
B|--------------------1--0-----|--0--------0--3--1--1-----3--|
G|-----0--2--------2--------2--|-----0--2--0--------0--------|
D|--4--------0--4-----0--------|-----------------------------|
A|--5--------------------------|--------------------3--------|
E|-----------------------------|--3--------0-----------------|
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L 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 4
4 2 3
[49]
e|-----3--2--3-----------------|-----------------------------|
B|--3--------0--3--0--------0--|-----3--1--0-----------------|
G|--0-----------------0--2-----|-----------0--2--0-----0-----|
D|-----------2--------0--------|--2-----------------------4--|
A|--2--------------------------|--3--------4--------5--------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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L 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 2
1 1 3
[51]
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--0--------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------|
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L 1
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tips
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the English title of the 10th movement of
the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Today, it is often performed at wedding ceremonies slowly and reverently, in defiance
of the effect suggested by Bach in his original scoring. Whatever the tempo, this chorale
movement is one of Bach's most enduring works.
Technique
Left hand plays the major role in "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". There are many rapid
succesion of chord changes. Delivery is in triplet time and needs to be quick. Good
thing is there are no barred chords. Right hand having the easier task, plays the
3 predominant bass of each bar. Strike with thumb for emphasis.
Tips
Take Note that Main riff has 3 variations although slight (an extra bass note here
and there). Since this song is at a lively tempo, What you won't want to do is fumble
with the chords and lose the tempo. Pay close attention to the left hand fingering
to ensure economy of hand movement between chords.
