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Chaconne (Part 1: First 31 Measures) Johann Sebastian Bach
Transcribed by Andres Segovia
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Tabbed by: Jason Paszek (Autopoietic Boy)
Email: [email protected]
Part 1 of Andres Segovia's rendition of Bach's "Chaconne". To hear his
performance of this piece go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXlslzL8EY
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Part 1 starts at 0:00 and ends at 2:19. There will be nine parts in total.
It's a rather long piece, so breaking it up into sections is less daunting
and more managable. I'll submit a new part about every week or so. This
is an incredibly beautiful song on classical guitar and no one plays it like
Segovia. It's also just an incredibly interesting piece to analyze.
The chaconne is a baroque era composition. They were variations on
repeated short harmonic progressions, which in many cases used short and
simple repetitive bass-lines which acted as the composition's melodic
structure allowing for variations, decoration, figuration and melodic
invention. In this sense it closely resembles the Passacaglia. In learning
this piece you'll soon recognize the repeating musical motifs, which vary
in sometimes subtle ways, others are more dramatic, but essentially the
patterns are grounded enough to be recognizable throughout as theyr're
built upon and augmented.
3/4 Time and in the key of D major though many chromatic notes appear
throughout.
e|-----------------------------------1---------------------------------------|
B|---------------5------5---------5--3------3--------------------------------|
G|--2---------2--3------2---------2--2------3------5-----3---2---------------|
D|--3---------3--5------5---------5--0------3------------5---3---------------|
A|--5---------5--5------4---------4---------1----------------0---------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------5-------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------1---------------------|
B|------------------------------------5---5---------5--3------3--------------|
G|--0---------0----------2---------2--3---2---------2--2------3--------------|
D|------3-2-3---2-3-0----3---------3--5---5---------5--0------3--------------|
A|--4---------0----------5---------5--5---4---------4---------1--------------|
D|------------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------6------5------3p1h3---0--1------------------------------------------|
B|-------5------2--------------2--3------------------------------------------|
G|--/7---7------2--------------2--2--------------0-2-3--2--------------------|
D|-------5------2-----------------0---0--2--3-----------3--------------------|
A|-------7------0-----------------0---------5-----------5--------------------|
D|-------5------------------------0------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------1--0-----------------5------------------------|
B|--5-----5--------5-5-----3---------3--3----2------2------------------------|
G|--3-----2---3-2--2-2---------2--0----------2--0---2------------------------|
D|--5---3-5--------5-3--2--3---------3--2-0--2----3-2------------------------|
A|--5-----4--------4-5-----1------------0----0------0------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------5---------------------------------------|
e|--1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----------------------------5-----5-----------5------3------------------|
G|--2-----------------0-2-3---2--3-----2---3-2---0-2-------------------------|
D|--0---------2---3--------------5---3-5-----------3---2--3------------------|
A|--0----------------------------5-----4-----------5------1------------------|
D|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--1--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2--3---5--3--2---3--------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--0-----------2--2------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--3---5--2--2------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------1--0------0--0------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------3-5-6--1-0--6-5--3--5--2-3--1-0-------0-1--3-0-0-1-3---2--1------|
B|--3---5-6--------3-2-------------1-0------3p2h3------0---2-3-5---0--3------|
G|------------------------5---------------3-------3-2----3-------------------|
D|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----------------------------------------------------------------0------|
e|---------3-5-6--1--0--6-5---3-5-2--3--1-0-------0--1--3--0-----------------|
B|--3-5-6---------3--2------------1--0------3p2h3-3--3-----3--2p0h2----------|
G|----------------1--2----5-------2--0----3-------1--2-----2--------0--------|
D|------------------------4--------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------1--0-----0--------0--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----1-0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3-2-3------------------------------3p2h3--------------------------|
G|---------------0--2h3----3-2-0---0h2------0-------------0-3-2-0------------|
D|--3------------0---------------3--------0---------3-2-3---------3-2--------|
A|--5-------------------4--------5------1-------------0----------------------|
D|--0---0-------------------------------------------5------------------------|
e|--------1--1-0-3-1--0---------------------------------0--------------------|
B|------3---------------3-2-3------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------------------------0-3---0-------0-3-----0---0------------------|
D|--3--------0------------0---------4-------2-------2------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------4----------------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0---------0-------------0--------------------|
e|--------------------------------------1---0-1------------------------------|
B|----------------------0-4-2-3-----0-3---------2-3-------3-2----------------|
G|----------------0-2-------------1------------------------------------------|
D|--3-----------0---------------------------------------2--------------------|
A|----4-5-0---1-------------0-----2---------1---------0----------------------|
D|--0-------------------5----------------------------------------------------|
e|------6-5-4-----------5-3-2------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-6-6-6-6---------0-5-4-4------------------------------------------------|
G|------7-7-7-6----2----4-4-4------------------------------------------------|
D|------------5----2-----------4---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------4-------------3---------------------------------------------|
D|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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