Prelude from Unaccompanied Cello Ste. #1

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Prelude 
From Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Original Musical Range: E2 to G4 
Ideal for Baritone Chromatic
Transposed up one octave for 16 hole Chromatics: Range E3 to G5
Transposed up two octaves for 12 hole Chromatics: Range E4 to G6

Notes: | | = 1 measure of 4:4 time (four beats to each measure)
This piece is made up of mostly sixteenth notes.


1
| 3 -5 -8 -7 -8 -5 -8 -5 3 -5 -8 -7 -8 -5 -8 -5 |

| 3 6 8 -7 8 6 8 6 3 6 8 -7 8 6 8 6 |

| 3 -6* 8 -7 8 -6* 8 -6* 3 -6* 8 -7 8 -6* 8 -6* |

| 3 7 -8 -7 -8 7 -8 7 3 7 -8 -7 3 7 -8 -7 -8 7 -8 -6* |
5
| 3 6 -8 -7 -8 7 -6* 7 2 7 -6* 7 -4 -5 5 -4 |

| 4* 7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 5* 7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 7 |

| -6* -7 -9 9* -9 -7 7 -7 -5 -6* 6 -5 |

| 2 -4 7 -6* 7 -4 7 -4 2 -4 7 -6* 7 -4 7 -4 |

| 2 -4* -5 6 -5 4* -4 -3 7 -6* 6 -9 9* -8 -7 7 |
10
| -6* 6 -5 -9 -7 -9 -6* -7 -5 6 -6* -7 7 -6* 6 -5 |

| 7* -5 -6 6 -6 -5 7* -5 -8 -5 -6 6 -6 -5 7* -5 |

| 5 6 -7 -8 8 -7 6 -5 5 6 -7 -8 8 -7 -6* 6 |

| -5* -6* -5* -6* -7 -6* -7 -6* -5* -6* -5* -6* -7 -6* -7 -6* |

| 7 -6* 6 7 -6* 7 -7 -6* 7 -6* 6 -5 5 -4 -3 3 |
15
| -2* 5 -5 5 -5 5 -5 5 -2* 5 -5 5 -5 5 -5 5 |

| 3 -4 -6 6 -6 -4 -6 -4 3 -4 -6 6 -6 -4 -6 -4 |

| 3 5 6 -5 6 5 6 5 3 5 6 -5 6 5 6 5 |

| 3 -6* 8 -8 8 -6* 8 -6* 3 -6* 8 -8 8 -6* 8 -6* |

| 3 -5 -8 -7 -8 -7 -6* 6 -5 5 -4 -3 3 -2* 2 -5 |
20
| 5 -3 6 -6* 7 6 -6* 7 5 -3 6 -6* 7 6 -6* 7 |

| 4 -3 -5 6 -6* -5 6 -6* 5 -3 -5 6 -6* -5 6  6* |

| 5 -3 -5 -6* -7 8* -9 16th Rest -3 -4 5 -5 6 -6* 7 |

| -7 -6* -5 6 -6* 7 -7 -8 8 -7 -6* 7 -7 -8 8 -9 |

| -9* -9 9* -9 -9 9 -8 8 8 -7 -6* 6 -5 -3 -4 5 |
25
| -5 -3 -5 -6* -7 -8 8 -7 -8 6 -5 5 -4 3 -3 -4 |

| -5 3 -4 -5 7 -7 -8 6 8* -8 -7 -7* -7* -7 -7* -7* |

| -7 7 -6* 7 7 6 5* -4 -3 5* 6 7 -7 9* -9 9* |

| -9 -7 -6* -6 -6* -7 -5 -6* -3 -5 4* -4 -3 3 -2* 2 |

| -5  8 -8 -7 7 -6* 6 -5 8 -8 -7 7 -6* 6 -5 |
30
| 5 -8 -7 7 -6* 6 -5 5 -4 -7 7 -6* 6 -5 5 -4 |

| -3 7 -6* 6 -6* -7 -5 -7 6 -7 -6* -7 7 -7 6 -7 |

| -6* -7 -5 -7 7 -7 6 -7 -6* -7 -5 -7 7 -7 6 -7 |

| -6* -7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6* -7 7 -7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -5 -7 |

| -7 -7 -8 -7 8 -7 -5 -7 -8 -7 8 -7 -9 -7 -8 -7 |
35
| 8 -8 -7 -8 8 -7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -7 -8 -7 7 -7 |

| -7 -7 7 -7 -7 -7 -6* -7 7 -7 -6* -7 7 -7 6 -7 |

| -6* -7 -5 6 -6 -5 -6* -5 7 -5 7* -5 -7 -5 -7* -5 |

| -8 -5 8 -5 8* -5 -9 -5 -9* -5 10 -5 -10 -5  -10* |

| 11 -8 -5 -8 11 -8 11 -8 11 -8 -5 -8 11 -8 11 -8 |
40
| 11 -7 -5 -7 11 -7 11 -7 11 -7 -5 -7 11 -7 11 -7 |

| -10* 9 -5 9 -10* 9 -10* 9 -10* 9 -5 9 -10* 9 -10* 9 |

| Arpeggiate: [-5 -9 -10*] -10* hold sustain __ |

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