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AIR
As recorded by Johann Sebastian Bach
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Daniel Pacheco
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 3'
Part One
Largo E=60
D
4/4
Gtr I
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W +E S S T T S S S E. S Q
||--------------|------19------------------------------|
||o-19----------|-(19)----20-19p17---------------------|
||--------------|------------------19-18-19-18--16-14--|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-------------|--------------------------------------|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W +Q Q H
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-15----------|-(15)---------------------------------|
||--------------|------------13-------------14---------|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-------------|--------------------------------------|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H H Q Q H
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
||o-------------|--------------------------------------|
||--14----16----|--------------------------------------|
||--------------|------------14-------------14---------|
||o-------------|--14----------------------------------|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|
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H +S S S S S S S S H +S S S S S S S S
|-17------------------(17)----------------17-15-|-15---------------------(15)----------------15-14----|
|--------------------------19-------17-16-------|-----------------------------17-------15-14----------|
|-----------------------------17-16-------------|--------------------------------16-14----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E E Q E S S S S S S E E Q
|---------------17------------------------------|---------------14-15---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----17-15--17--------17------------------------------|
|-14-17-16--17-----17--16-----------------------|-16----------------------14--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14-13----(13)-14-----16-----------------------|-14---------------14-----14--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----14----(14)---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Q. S S E T T S +S S S S
|-14----16-17----------14-(14)----------|
|-------------15-15h17---------17-17-15-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| H E S S E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-14----------14-13----14--16-----13----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Q. E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-12----14----16-12---------------14----|
|--------------------------14-----------|
|---------------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S T T S +E S S H S S T T S +E S S H
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|--14--------14-15-(15)-14----------o||-14-------14-15-(15)-14----------|
|------16-16---------------16-14-----||----16-16---------------16-14----|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| E E +E E H E E +E E H
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|--14-----14-------(14)-13-----------||-14----14-------(14)-13----------|
|-----------------------------14-----||---------------------------14----|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| +E E E E H E E E E H
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-(14)----16------------14-----------||-14----16------------14----------|
|-------------------14--------16----o||-----------------14--------16----|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Part Two
Q +S T T T T S Q. E
||---------------------------17-------------------------|
||o-14--(14)-15p14----14--------------------------------|
||-----------------16----14-----------------------17----|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
|
| H +S S E +S S S S
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------14----(14)----------|
||--14----------------------(14)-16------------16-14----|
||---------------------------------------------------17-|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
|
| H E S S Q
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||--14-----------------------14-----13-14--16-----------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~ ~~
E E +S S S S Q T T T T S S S S E +S S E +S S E +E E
|---------19----(19)-17-15-14-15--15p14-------------|----------------------------------14-15----(15)----14-|
|---------------------------------------17p15-14----|---------14----(14)-15-17----(17)---------------------|
|--16--------------------------------------------16-|--15--16----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q. E H +H +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------16----17--------------------|-(17)------------------------(17)-15-14------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------16--15--16----|
|--16-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +S S S S E E Q Q S S S S S S S S E S S E E
|---------------------------------------------------|------------14--15--14-15-----14-------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------|--14--15-17---------------17---------17-15--14--------|
|------12-14------------16----16--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-(16)-------16--13---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------14----------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S T T E H Q +S S S S Q. S S
|----------------------------------|------------14-------19--------------17-16-|
|-17-15-14----14-15h17p15----------|-15----(15)----17-15-----------------------|
|----------16----------------16----|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E H Q Q E S S S S E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-16----16----16-------15----------|-------------------------------13-14-16----|
|----------------------------16----|-14-----16---------------14-16-------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------14--------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S H E E S S E E. S Q
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------12-------------------|----16--14--13-14----13--------------------|
|-16----14-12----------16-14-12----|----------------------------16-14----------|
|----------------------------------|-14----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
a S S E E. T T E. S Q
|-14------17--------------------------------------|
|-----17----------------14h15p14------------------|
|------------14--16---------------16-14-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| +E E +E E H
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----(16)----14-(14)-13-------14------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E. S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----(14)----14--16--14-------14--12----12-14-----|
|------------------------------------16-------16--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|------------------14-12--12---------------15-14-|--14----------------17-15--15-------------------------|
|-15---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
| E S S S S E +E S S S S E +E S S S S E +S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------14----(14)------------------------|
|---------------14-15----(15)-14----14--16-17----|-(17)-16-14--16--17------------15-17------------------|
|-14--16-17-16-------------------16--------------|-------------------------------------16---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------14-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| E E +E E +E E +E E E E +E E Q +S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------7----(7)----------------9----(9)----------|------11----(11)-----------------------------16-------|
|--7----------------9-----(9)--------------11----|--11----------------13--------------------------17----|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------14-----------(14)-------19-|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +S S S S S S E +E +S T T
|------------------------15-15----14----(14)-(14)-15h17----|
|------------------14-17-------17--------------------------|
|-14----------(14)-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E E E S S Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14-----------------14-15--------------------|
|----------14---------14----14-----------------------------|
|-14----14-------------------------------12----------------|
|----16----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-------------------------------------14----------------|
|-------17-----16-----14----12-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Q +S S S S Q. E S S E +E E E S T T +S E S
|---------------17-20-19-------|-------17----(17)-------------------14h15-(15)-14-------|
|------------19----------------|----17---------------------------17------------------17-|
|-19----(19)----------------19-|-18------------------16----14---------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q H E E Q S S S S E E
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------17-----------17-15-14---------------------|
|--------11-----------12-------|-12----14---------------------------16-----14-----16----|
|-12-14------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q H S S S S S S S S E E E E
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------12----------------------------------------|
|-14-12--14--------------------|----------12------14-12-11-------14--------14-----12----|
|---------------------12-------|-14----14------------------14---------------------------|
|------------------------------|----14--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
1. 2.
T T E S E S S H T T E S E E H
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|-15p14----14-15----14-15-15----o||--15p14----14-14tr15----------15---15----*|
|-------16-----------------------||--------16-------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|
| Q S S E H Q S S E H
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------*|
|-14-----------------------------||--14-------------------------------------*|
|-------------17-16-17----16-----||--------------17-----16tr17---17---16----*|
|-------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|
| Q E E H Q E E H
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------*|
|-11-----------------------------||--11-------------------------------------*|
|-------------14-----------------||--------------14-------------------------*|
|-------------------12----12----o||------------------------------12---12----*|
|--------------------------------||-----------------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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