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Air Guitar Tablature
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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
     <
     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----------------------------------|
||--------------|--------------------------------------|


   <
   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
---------------
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
-----------
 |  - 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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