Lute Suite BWV 997: 5. Double

Johann Sebastian Bach · Level 6 (Expert) · Baroque · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

A solo guitar piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, in A minor and 6/8 time: a continuous line of notes (runs and broken chords). 50 bars. Repeats are marked as in the score. Complete transcription from the Mutopia Project edition (source: Unknown).

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• Strictly alternate i-m (or p for the basses) and spot the chord shapes hidden behind the notes; start slowly with the metronome. A concert piece: care for tone, dynamics and position shifts as much as for the notes. It climbs high up the neck (beyond the 7th fret): the tab shows the lowest position, so adapt the fingering.

More pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach

• 14 Canons - 1 (BWV 1087)
• 14 Canons - 2 (BWV 1087)
• 14 Canons - 3 (BWV 1087)
• 14 Canons - 4 (BWV 1087)
• Menuet in G (BWV Anh. 114)
• Lute Suite BWV 997: 1. Prelude
• Lute Suite BWV 997: 2. Fuga
• Lute Suite BWV 997: 3. Sarabande

Source : Mutopia Project · Public Domain