BWV 780 - Two-Part Invention No 9 in Fm - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
2 versions - 1st in Em by Rod Kahler, 2nd in Fm by Ed Innes (drop D)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
2-part invention No.9 in F-minor (bvw780)
mailed by Rod Kahler (gkahler@flash.net)

changed the key to Em
time signature 4/4
the entire melody is running sixteenth notes.
try to hold the bass notes as long as possible.


E||--0---------------1---------0-----|----------4---------5-7---10----7-4-|
B||----3-1-0-1-------------------3-2-|--3---0-----------------------------|
G||--------------2-------------------|--------------------------------7-4-|
D||--------------------------0-------|------0-----------2-4-6-7-9--10-----|
A||--0---------2-3-2-0-----------2---|----3---3-2-0-----------------------|
E||--------------------3-1-0---------|--------------4-2-------------------|



--1---0-------------1-0-----------|------5-----7-8-7-5-3-1-0-----7---|
----------3-1-0-1-3-----3-1-0-----|--1-----------------------3-------|
--2-1-2-1---------------------2-1-|----------------------------------|
--------------------------------0-|--2-0-------------3---------2-0---|
----------0---------------0-2-3---|------3-2-3---0-----------------4-|
--------------------0-2-4---------|----------------------------------|



----8-10-8-7-5-4-2-0-2-4-5-7-8-10-7-|--5-4-5-4-5---0-------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------3-1-0-----1-0-|
---------------------2-4-5-7--------|--------------------------2-1-----|
--0--------6-------------------9--6-|--3---2---0-------0-3-2-0---------|
------------------------------------|------------3-2-3---------3-2-0---|
------7-----------------------------|--------------------------------4-|



--0---------------8---------7-5-4-|--5---2-------------0-2-3-5---2---|
----3-1-0-1-----------------------|----0-----4---------------------4-|
--------------2---------------5---|------2-0-------------------0-2---|
----------------------------------|----------4-2-1-------1-2-4-----4-|
--3---0-----2-3-2-0-------6-------|----------------4-2-4-------------|
--------------------3-1-0---------|----------------------------------|



--------------------------3-------|----2-0---0-------6---------7-----|
--1---0---------------------------|--------4-----2-----------------0-|
----------0-2-0---0---------------|------0-----------------------3---|
--2-1-2-1-------4-----2---2-0-----|------------4-2-0---------4-6-----|
------------------------------3-2-|--1---------------4-2-0-----------|
--------------0-----2-3-2---------|------------------------4---------|



--12----0-6-3---2-------------------|--0-------1-0---2-3-----------0---|
------------0---0---4-----------4---|------------0-4---0---------------|
----------6---3---3-----------0-2---|--0-----0-2---5-2-----0-2---2-0---|
--11-12-----------------1-2-4-----4-|----2-4-------------4-----------4-|
--------------------2-4-------------|--------------------------2-------|
------------------------------------|----------------------------------|



--0---------2-3-2-0-----------2---|----3-5-3-2-0-----------0-2-3-5-2-|
--------------------3-1-0---------|--------------4-2-0-2-4-----------|
--0-----------------------2-------|------------------------0-2-------|
----------------------------------|----------1---------2-4-------4-1-|
----0-------------3---------2-0---|--0-------------------------------|
------3-2-3---0-----------------4-|------2---------------------------|



--0---0---7---------5-3-2-0-------|------------------3---------1-0-1-|
----4---4-------------0-----------|----3-2-0-2-----------------------|
------------0---0-2-5---2-0-------|--------------2-------------------|
--------------4-------------4-2-0-|------2-----0---------------------|
--3---2---0-----------------------|--4-----------4-2-0---------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------3-1-0-1-------|



--3-6-5-3-1-0---------10-----8-7-5-|--3-1-0-------0---3---7---8-------|
--------------3-1-0----------------|--------3-1-----------------------|
-----------------------------------|--------------------2-0-----------|
----------0------------------------|--3---------2-0-2-3---------0-----|
--0---4------------------0---------|------------------------8-7-------|
--------------------8-7----7---3---|------------------------------8-7-|



----7----------8---7---------5-3-1-|--0---6---5---------3-1-0---------|
------10-8-6-----------------------|----1---------------------3-1-0-1-|
-------------7-----------------0---|----------------------------------|
------7------------0-----0---------|----3---0-------------3-----2-0---|
--0----------5-8-7-----------------|------7---3-1-0-3---------------3-|
---------------------8-7---3-------|------------------1---------------|



----------------------------0-1---|--0---------------1---------0-----|
--3---------1-0-------0-1-3-----3-|----3-1-0-1-------------------3-2-|
----------------2-1-2-------------|--------------2-------------------|
------------------------------0---|----0-2-----0-------------0-2-3---|
--2-0---2---------------0-2-3---2-|--3-----------3-2-0---------------|
------4---0---------2-4-----------|--------------------3-1-0---------|



----------4---------5-7---10----7-4-|--1---0-------------1-0-----------|
--3---0-----------------------------|----------3-1-0-1-3-----3-1-0-----|
--------------------------------7-4-|--2-1-2-1---------------------2-1-|
----2-0-----------2-4-6-7-9--10-----|----------------------------------|
--------3-2-0-----------------------|----------0---------------0---0-2-|
--------------4-2-------------------|--------------------0-2-4---4-----|



--0-----1-----------------------------||
----------0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------||
-------------------------------2-2----||
--------0-2-------0-------2-----------||
--3-2-3--------------------------0----||
-----------------------------0--------||


correspondence is welcome at (gkahler@flash.net)


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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:50:04 -0400
From: Ed Innes
Subject: BWV780

Two-Part Invention No.9 in F Minor - J S Bach BWV 780

Tablature by Ed Innes.

(6)=D. This is my usual tuning & the only one I tried.


||------------------------|------------------------|--------6-----0---------|
||1---------------2-------|--1-------------5-------|--6-8-9-----8---2---1---|
||--3-1-0-1---------------|----3-2-3---0---0-------|--------0-----0---------|
||----3-------3---3-1-----|------------------3-2-0-|--0-------6-8---3-2-3-2-|
||--------------------4-3-|1---------0-1-0---------|3---7-8-----------------|
||3---------5-6-5---------|----5-------------------|------------------------|


|------------------------|-------------4-3--------|----3-----4-6-4-3-1-0---|
|----------2-1-----------|-----6-----8-----6-5----|----------------------3-|
|3-1-0-1-3-----3-1-0-----|---------------------6-5|3-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|----------3---------8-7-|11---------------4------|--3-1-0-1---------------|
|3-----------0-2-3-5-6-8-|10-8-6-5-6---3----------|------------------------|


|------------6-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--3-5-6-8-9---8-6-5-6-5-|6-----------------------|----------------9-------|
|5-----------0-----------|----5-----3-1-0-------0-|5-----0-----------------|
|--3-5-6-8---------------|--------------------6---|--8-6---6-----------0---|
|--------------7-4---3---|----------4-3-1-8-7-----|------------8---8-6---3-|
|------------------------|8-6-5-6-8-------6-5-3-2-|6---3-----5-6-5---------|


|--3-1-0-1---------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------3---0-------|----3-4-6-----0---------|------------1---4-------|
|----1-----0-------------|--5---------7---1---0---|------------------------|
|------------3-1-0-------|--------0-----0---------|--3-1-0-1---------------|
|2-----------------3-2-0-|--0-2-3---6-8---3-2-3-2-|----3-----------3-1-0---|
|------------------------|5-----------------------|1---------0-1-0-------5-|


|----------------2-------|--3-5-6-8---------------|~-----------------------|
|--3-1-0-1---------------|------------10-7-4---3--|0-----------0---101-----|
|------------2-----------|-----------------0---0--|------------------------|
|----1-----0-------------|--2-4-5-7-8-10-7---4---4|--------0-1-3-0-1---0-1-|
|------------3-1-0-------|------------------------|--0-2-3-----------3-----|
|4-----------------5-4-2-|0-----------------------|5-----------------------|

                           I____   I____________
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--1-3-3---------------|1---------3-4-3-1-------|----3-----4-6-4-3-1-0---|
|--0-1---0---------------|----------------1-3-1-0-|----------------------2-|
|3-----3---0-1-3---3-1-0-|1-----------------------|3-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------3-----------|----------------2-------|
|----------------5-------|--3-1-0-1---------------|--5-3-2-3---0-----------|


|------------1-----------|3---------1-------------|------------------------|
|----0-1-3-4---3---0---0-|------------4-3-1-------|----------------4-------|
|0-2-------------5---5---|----------1-0-----------|--3-2-0-2---------------|
|----0-1-3---0-----------|--------------3-1-0-----|------------3-----------|
|--3-----------2---------|--------------------3-1-|0---3-----1-0-----6-4-3-|
|----------------6---5---|3-1-0-1-3---------------|--------------5-3-------|

  I_______________________
|----------2-1-----------|----6-----4-3-----------|------------3---4-------|
|--2-1-2-4-----4-2-1-----|--------------6-4-2-1---|----1---4---------------|
|------------2---3---3-1-|0---------------------3-|1-----------------------|
|--------3---------------|------------------------|----------3-1-----------|
|1---4-------------------|------------6---4-------|--3-1-3-4-----4-3-1-----|
|------------------------|--6-5-3-5---------------|--------------------6-5-|

  III____________          I______________
|--3---------4-----------|--1---------2-----------|------------------------|
|----6-4---------8-------|----4-2-1-------6-------|--4-2-1-----------------|
|--------6-3-------------|----------1-------------|--------3-1-0---3-------|
|----3-------------------|----1-------------------|--------------6---------|
|----------6-4-3-------1-|----------4-3-1---------|4---4-----3-1-----------|
|3---------------8-6-5---|1---------------6-4-3-6-|--------------6-5-3-2-5-|


|------------------------|------------------------|----------------0-------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|--1---------------------|
|--1-0-------0-1-3-5-6-3-|5---1-0-1---------------|----3-2-3---0---0-------|
|------3-2-3-------------|--8---------3-----1-----|------------------3-2-0-|
|3-----------------------|----3-----1---------4-3-|1-3-4-----3-1-----------|
|----------0-2-3-5-6-8-5-|6-8---------6-5-3-------|--------------6---------|


|--1-3-4-6-----0---------|------------------------|------------------------|-||
|------------8---2---1---|----------2-1-----------|--------~---~-----------|-||
|--------0-----0---------|3-1-0-1-3-----3-1-0-----|5-----6-1---0---0-------|-||
|----2-3---6-8---3-2-3-2-|------------------------|--------------------3---|3||
|3-----------------------|----------3-----------6-|--------3---1---3-------|3||
|------------------------|3-----------0-2-3-2-3-5-|6-5-6-8-----------------|3||


measure 15 expanded
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------------------0-------1-0-1-----------|
|--5----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0---1---3---0---1-------0---1---|
|-----0---2---3-----------------------3-----------|
|-5-----------------------------------------------|


measure 33 expanded
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------6---1--0--1-0-1-0-1-0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------3-------|
|-----------------3-------1-------3---------------|
|-6---5---6---8-----------------------------------|


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