文档介绍：Introduction
This book will be very helpful to the rock guitar player who wants to learn some Bach, but doesn’t
know much of classical music. An advanced level of technique is required to play these pieces,
but the interpretation has been done. In addition, I have written analytical insights which require a
basic understanding of music theory. The purpose of this is to teach you to how to analyze. Hope-
fully you will appreciate this music more because of it. The primary emphasis in this book is
performance.
All of the transcriptions contained in this book are found in Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘The Well
Tempered Clavier’. These are not transcriptions of classical excerpts, plete transcriptions of
entire pieces. Since position playing is such a rare occurrence, I have included tablature.
The upper lines are notated at actual pitch (middle C=G string, fi rst fret) and the lower lines
are notated in treble clef, transposed up an octave (middle C=A string, third fret). Tablature is
included below each staff. It would be best to have a partner to rehearse with. Each player should
learn one line thoroughly. After that, the two players should rehearse together, eventually from
memory.
Once you are satisfi ed with your performance of all of the pieces that you have decided to learn,
the next step for you will be to transcribe a piece on your own. This will be challenging and in
the future, I may transcribe some three and four voice fugues in a less simplifi ed format without
the tablature. This should help facilitate the transition from being a TAB reader to being musically
literate.
Why is this book better than other TAB books available? I can play most of the pieces fl uidly
from memory, they are not just possibilities, but actual performance transcriptions. I convey an
understanding of the musical intent of poser through notation and explanation. The nota-
tion is at actual pitch, rather than transposed up an octave-the conventional