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Prelude from the Lute Suite in C minor

Johann Sebastian Bach · guitar tab

The first lines of Prelude from the Lute Suite in C minor as guitar tab in TabCraft
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A lively Bach prelude that rewards a patient player: a running line of sixteenth notes over a steady bass, written for the lute and here in the guitar's A minor version. It keeps two voices going at once, so it's a fine test of keeping a melody and a bass independent. About three and a half minutes; slow it down and learn it a few bars at a time.

  • Standard tuning
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • Running sixteenths
  • Two voices

Open Prelude from the Lute Suite in C minor in TabCraft

Arranged from the Mutopia Project's public-domain guitar edition (transposed to A minor), maintained by David Megginson.

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