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Aria

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                                  Aria
                                  ----

                                   by

                                J. S. Bach

                (From the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach)


4/4 time, andante con moto (moderately slow, but spirited), scale of E Major.
Standard Tuning, strings shown below are high e to low E in that order.
Play Part I twice, then Part II twice.

In tab, it is hard to notate the duration of individual notes. Here, try to
keep each note ringing until another note in the same melody line occurs.


(Part I)

  (Quarter notes)
   |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |
e|-------------------0-----|-5-----------4-----------|-5-----------------0----|
B|-------------------------|-------------5-----------|-------2-----3----------|
G|-------------------------|-------2-----------------|-2-----2-----4-----1----|
D|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

e|-------------------0-----|-------------7-----5-----|-4-----2--0--2----------|
B|-2-----------0-----------|-4-----2--0--------------|-------------4-----5--4-|
G|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------2-----|-4----------------------|
D|-------------2-----------|-------------6-----------|------------------------|
A|-------0-----------------|-------------------------|-------------2----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

e|-0-----------------------|
B|-0-----------------------|
G|-1-----------------------|
D|-2-----------------------|
A|-------2-----------------|
E|-------------0-----------|



(Part II)

   |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0----|
B|-------------------------|-0-----------------2-----|-3----------------------|
G|-------------------1--2--|-------1-----------2-----|-4-----------------1----|
D|-------------------------|-------------2-----------|-------2----------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------0----------|

e|-------------2-----------|-------------------0-----|-2-----------4----------|
B|-2-----------------3--2--|-0-----------------------|-3-----------3----------|
G|-2-----4--2--------------|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-------------0-----0-----|-2-----------------------|-0----------------------|
A|-------4-----------------|-------2-----------4-----|-------------2----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------0-----------|------------------------|

e|-5-----4--2--0-----------|-------------------------|------------------------|
B|-5-----------------3-----|-2-----------0-----------|------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-2-----------1--------2--|-2----------------------|
D|-------------------0-----|-2-----------------------|-------2----------------|
A|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------0----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------0-----------|------------------------|