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The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1 EDIT ADD TO PLAYLIST FAVORITE
LOG IN - No 1 Prelude In C Major Bwv 846
tab by Johann Sebastian Bach
MORE VERSIONS 185,855 views, added to favorites 1,534 times
Difficulty: intermediate
Ver 1 78
Tuning: D A D G B E
Ver 2 21
Author stacy-peralta [a] 124. 2 contributors total, last edit on May 29, 2018.
Ver 3
Ver 4 9 VIEW INTERACTIVE TAB DOWNLOAD PDF
Ver 5 *

*** ALL MEASURES ARE REPEATED (PLAYED TWICE) EXCEPT FOR MEASURES 33-35 ***

PRO Allegro

1 C Dm/C G7/B C
PLAY THIS TAB E|----------0-----0-|---------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|

B|--------1-----1---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------1-----1---|

Vocal S M G|------0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|

D|----2-------------|---0-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|

A|--3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|

D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Rhythm Guitar S M

II&V........

5 Am/C D/C G/B C/B

E|----------5-----5-|-----------------|---------3-----3-|-----------------|

Solo Guitar S M
B|--------5-----5---|---------3-----3-|-------3-----3---|---------1-----1-|

G|------2-----2-----|-------2-----2---|-----0-----0-----|-------0-----0---|

D|----2-------------|---0h4-----4-----|---0-------------|-----2-----2-----|

Drums S M A|--3---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-2h3-------------|

D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

View all instruments V................

9 Am7 D7 G Gdim7

E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|----------1-----1-|-----------------|---------0-----0-|-----------------|

G|--------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|-------0-----0---|---------6-----6-|

D|------2-----2-----|-----0-4-----4---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|

A|--0h3-------------|---0-------5-----|---2-------------|-----7-----7-----|

D|------------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-5h8-------------|

III.............. II.&..V......... I...............

13 Dm/F Fdim7 C/E F/E

E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|

B|----------3-----3-|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-----1---|

G|--------2-----2---|---------4-----4-|---------5-----5-|-----2-----2-----|

D|------0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-2h3-------------|

A|----0-------------|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-----------------|

D|--3---------------|-3h6-------------|-2h5-------------|-----------------|

I................

17 Dm7 G7 C C7
E|----------1-----1-|---------1-----1-|---------0-----0-|---------0-----0-|

B|--------1-----1---|-------0-----0---|-------1-----1---|-------1-----1---|

G|------2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0h3-----3-----|

D|--0-3-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|-----------------|

A|------------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|

D|------------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[see below for alternative fingering]

III..................................................

21 Fmaj7 F#dim7 Dm7b5/13 G7

E|----------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|--------1-----1---|---------4-----4-|---------3-----3-|---------3-----3-|

G|------2-----2-----|-------5-----5---|-----4-5---4-5---|-------4-----4---|

D|----3-------------|-----7-----7-----|---3-------------|---3h5-----5-----|

A|------------------|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|--3---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-5---------------|

2 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1

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25 C/G G7sus G7 F#dim7/G

E|------------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|

B|----------5-----5-|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------7-----7-|

G|--------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------5-----5---|

D|------5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----7-----7-----|

A|----7-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|

D|--5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|

V.................................. III..............

29 C/G G7sus G7 C7
E|------------------|-----------------|---------1-----1-|-----------------|

B|----------8-----8-|---------6-----6-|-------0-----0---|---------5-----5-|

G|--------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----0-----0-----|-------3-----3---|

D|------5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|---0-------------|-----5-----5-----|

A|----7-------------|---5-------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|

D|--5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|

I........... III.......................

33 F/C Dm7 G7/B

E|------------1-----------------------|-----------1-----------------------|

B|----------1---1----1----------------|-------0-3---3-0-3-0---0-----------|

G|--------2-------2----2---2----------|-----0---------------0-------------|

D|------3----------------3---3-0-3-0--|-------------------------0-3-2-0---|

A|--3-3-------------------------------|-3-2-------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

35

C
E|-------------------||

B|--1----------------||

G|--0----------------||

D|--2----------------||

A|--3----------------||

D|-------------------||

***********************

the original tab had the following for measures 22 and 23 -

E|------------------|-----------------|

B|--------1-4---1-4-|-----0-----0-----|

G|------2-----2-----|-------5-7---5-7-|

D|------------------|-----------------|

A|----3-------------|---8-------------|

D|--4---------------|-6---------------|

the corrected tab had -

E|------------------|-----------------|

B|----------4-----4-|-----------------|

G|--------5-----5---|---------7-----7-|

D|------7-----7-----|-----9-10--9-10--|

A|----3-------------|---8-------------|

D|--4---------------|-6---------------|

2 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 2

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 beautiful,thanks 0
Thomas Vela 10 • Sep 20, 2010 • reply

good I just wish I new what oh4 means

sickeuan 10 • Oct 23, 2013 • reply 0

sickeuan, oh4 = open string hammer to 4th fret

charles.p.runkl 10 • Nov 30, 2013 • reply +6

measure 22 and 23 are killing me but i won't quit, great tab though
brunogr 10 • Aug 13, 2014 • reply +1

This song sounds better if you down tune your low E string to a D(just use your
D string to match your E string) +3
aidan.tompkins 20 • Jun 27, 2017 • reply

Classic music is cool, also I enjoy ennion morricone

ofcrashbash 10 • Nov 28, 2017 • reply 0

brilliant work. having a little trouble with the hammer on at the 6th bar but
hey those pinkies gotta get stronger! +2
beeswax85 10 • Jul 22, 2018 • reply

why can't i get ride of the freakin autoscroll window? You guys need to keep
refining your stupid program. Why aren't you? -1
leetimothy9881 [pro] 10 • Jul 01, 2019 • reply

Get rid of the autoscroll window.

leetimothy9881 [pro] 10 • Jul 07, 2019 • reply 0

Great job on this one! It's always a good one to help with stretches. Beautiful!
Listen to Christopher Parkenings version. It's Beautiful. Thanks again! 0
daveedgeguitar [pro] 12 • Oct 25, 2020 • reply

This is great I actually prefer the original fingering you had! Thank you
parker46 [pro] 12 • Dec 10, 2021 • reply 0

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