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Air on the G String

Johann Sebastian Bach · guitar tab

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The Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 (BWV 1068), the "Air on the G string": a long, calm melody floating over a walking bass, in D major as Bach wrote it. The flute tune and the guitar's bass and chords are put together for one guitar. About two minutes.

  • Standard tuning
  • 4/4
  • 54 BPM
  • 19 bars
  • Chord labels

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Arranged from the Mutopia Project's public-domain edition for flute and guitar, typeset by Mike Blackstock.

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