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ARIA - from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - J. S. Bach

Transcribed by Chris Ninman (ctninman@hotmail.com)
[see below for notes]

1     |       |        |^          |       |       |
E||---3-------3--------535----7-|--5---3-2-----------------|
B||--------------------3--------|----------5---3-----------|
G||*----------4-----------------|----------2---------------|
D||*--5-------------------------|--4---------------0-------|
G||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
D||-----------------------------|--------------------------|

3  |       |       |          |       |       |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------^---^-^-tr------|-^-----------------------|
|---^^-----20-^20202020---0-|-20---^------------------|
|--545-------45---------4---|---4-542-2---0-----------|
|----------0-------6--------|-----------------2---5---|
|--2------------------------|-0-------4---------------|

5  |       |       |         |       |       |    ^^^
|-------------------^------|---------------------3202-|
|--3-------3-------535---6-|-5---3---0----------------|
|------------------0-------|-------5-----2------------|
|----------0---------------|---------2-----------0----|
|--4-----------------------|-5---------------2--------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

7  |^   ^  |^      |         |       |       |
|--32--53--20--------5-----|--------------------------|
|--------------3-----------|-0------------------------|
|------5--------5--5-----5-|--0---------^-------------|
|--2-------0---------------|-----4---4-545------------|
|------5-------4-2-0-----0-|-0---2---4--------^-------|
|--------------------4-2---|-------------0---202---4--|

9  |       |       |         |       |       |
|-------------------^------|-------------------------|
|--0-------0-------202---3-|-3-2-----3---------------|
|--------------------------|-----4-2-----------------|
|------------------2-------|-------------------------|
|----------4---------------|-2--------tr---------4---|
|--5-----------------------|---------5454-2--4-------|

11 |       |^^^ ^^^|          |       |        |
|--3-------532353535353-2-3-|-------0------tr----------|
|--5----------------tr------|-8---7---2---3232-----5---|
|--4---4--------------------|--------------------------|
|--2-------2---2---4----0---|-----0---2----------------|
|-----------------------0---|-6-----------4----2---0---|
|---------------------------|-7------------------------|

13 |       |       |          |       |       |
|--5-3-2-----------------^--|---------------^-------0--|
|--------5-3------------01--|-0-----------3-2------3---|
|--------------2------------|---2-0--------------------|
|------------------0--------|-------4-2-------2--------|
|----------2----------------|---------4----------------|
|--4------------------------|-5------------------------|

15 |       |       |         |       |       |
|----------3---------------|-------^^----------------||
|--3-2---------0-------2---|-2-3--5322---3-----------||
|------4-2---------0-------|------------------------*||
|--4-------2-----4---------|-0-------4-------0------*||
|--2-----------------------|-------------2-----------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||

17 |        |       |          |       |       |
|-------------------------0--|-0-------------------3---|
|---^--------^-^-^^^---0-3---|---3---0-----------------|
|*-202------42024242--2-5----|-----5---2---0-----------|
|*-0----2---4----------------|---------0---------------|
|-------------------5--------|-4---5-------2---4-------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

19 |       |       |          |       |       |
|--2-----2----^--------5753-|-5-----2-----------------|
|----5----44-545------------|---------5---4-------0---|
|----------0-------^--------|-------------------------|
|------2-----------424-2----|-1---2---4---------------|
|--5-----------4---2--------|-4-----------2---0-------|
|---------------------------|---------------------4---|

21 |^      |       |         |^      |       |
|-023---2-2---0--------^---|-30---^------------------|
|-------------------0-10-0-|-----74--4---5-----------|
|-----2----^------0-----2--|---------^---------0-----|
|-2-------545-4---0--------|-----7---545-4-------4-2-|
|--------------------------|-5---------------4-------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

23 |       |    ^^ |         |       |       |
|--------0-0---235-3---2---|-2-----2-----------------|
|------------4-----0-------|---5----44---5-----------|
|--------------5-------2---|---------0---------------|
|--4-------------------1---|-2---------------2---0---|
|--2---5---4---2---4-------|-----4-------4-----------|
|--------------------------|---------2---------------|

25 |       |       |         |       |       |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---3---0-----------0-1-|--^^--^----------------0-|
|--------5-----2-----------|-754-54--2---0-------2---|
|----------2---------------|-----4-7-2-0-2-4-5-4-5---|
|--5---------------2-------|-4-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

27 |       |       |         |       |       |
|--------------------------|--------------------0-----|
|--1-3-1-0-1-------1-0-----|--1-3-1-0-1-------1---3-1-|
|------------2---2-----2-0-|------------2---2---------|
|------2-------2-----------|--4-------0---4-----------|
|--2-------2---0-----------|------2-------5---4---2---|
|------------------4---2---|--0-----------------------|

29 |       |       |         |       |       |
|--------------------------|----------0-------0---2-3-|
|--0-1-0---0-------0---1-3-|--5-6-5-----1---1---1-----|
|--0-----2---0---0---0-----|--------7-5---4---2---0---|
|------0---5---3---2---0---|------5-------5-----------|
|--0-----------7-----------|--5-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

31 |       |       |         |       |       |
|--5-----------------------|---------------------------||
|------0---0-1-3---0-------|---------------------------||
|----5---2-0---4-----2-0---|--0-----------0-------^---*||
|--4---0---------5-------4-|------------0---4-4---5---*||
|----------------------7---|--0-5-4-2-4-------0--------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||


A few notes: Every eight dashes equals the quarter note, four is the eighth
note. Tr is for when the trill is faster than 32nd notes. It is tough to show
with tab, so the midi may be helpful. In the midi file, all the notes that are
held can be held for that duration on guitar. A ^ above the note stands for a
slur. There are no notes above the 7th fret, so any time a 10 or the like
appears it is a separate 1 and 0.

This is just my transcription and I am no expert on Baroque ornamentation
so if you think an ornament is wrong, that is quite possible, this is
just how I have chosen to play it. Email me if you have questions about
my fingerings or anything else.