Air On A G String

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Air On A G String by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Transcription by Grant Floyd <floyd11@waikato.ac.nz>

The timing is 4/4. I have used spacing to indicate the timing

so that the initial sequence is very strung out with four

beats to the bar and later as the notes become closer the

grouping of notes indicates which are to be played together.

Some bars have a single or very few notes. If they're at the

start of the bar then allow them to ring throughout that bar

(ie everything is spaced according to time at playing)

All this stuff is pretty self-evident but timing is very

important in this piece, listen to it and you'll see what I

mean.

Basic Bar Structure (smallest spacing = 1/16 note)

-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-

^ ^ ^ ^ beats

: -0----------------------------------------------

:o-1-----------1-----------1-----------1----------

: -0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------

: ------------------------------------------------

:o-3-----------3-----------2-----------2----------

: ------------------------------------------------

-0----------------------------------------------

-1-----------1-----------1-----------1----------

-2-----------2-----------0-----------0----------

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-0----------------------------------------------

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^ ^ ^ ^

-0-----------5-----1----------------------------

-1-----------------------3-----1-----0---1------

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-3-----------3-----------4-----------3----------

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-0-----------0----------------------------------

-0-----------------2-----0----------------------

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------------------------------------------------

-------------3-----------1-----------1----------

^ ^ ^ ^

-3----------------------------------------------

-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------

-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------

-------------2-----------0-----------0----------

------------------------------------------------

-0----------------------------------------------

-3-----0-----------------------------3-----1----

-------------------------3-----2----------------

-------------3-----2----------------------------

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-4-----------3-----------0-----------0----------

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-1----------------------------------------------

-3-----------3-----------3-----------3----------

-2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------

-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

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^ ^ ^ ^

-1-----------------------------------1-----0----

-------3-----------------1-----0----------------

-------------2-----0----------------------------

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-2-----------2----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

-0-----------------------------------2-----3----

-1-----------1-----------1-----------1----------

-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------

------------------------------------------------

-3-----------3-----------2-----------2----------

------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-------------0-----------0----------------------

-1-----1--3--------------------3-----3-----1----

-2----------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------0----------

-0----------------------------------------------

-------------3-----------2----------------------

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-0--------------0--1-----1-----------0----------

-------2-----2-----------------------------2----

-------------------------0-----------0----------

-------------3----------------------------------

-3----------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------ :

------------------------------------------------o:

-0---------------------------------------------- :

-------------------------0-----3-----2---------- :

-------0-----2-----3-----------------------0----o:

-3---------------------------------------------- :

^ ^ ^ ^

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-0-----------------------0--1--0-----0----------

-------------0--------------------2--------0----

-------------------------3-----------3----------

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-3----------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-3----------------------------------------------

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-------------------------------------3----------

-2-----------2-----------0-----------0----------

------------------------------------------------

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-------------0-----------------3-----1-----0----

-------------------3-----2----------------------

-2----------------------------------------------

-------------------------2----------------------

-4-----------3-----------------------0----------

------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-0--1--------------------1--0-------------------

-------------------------------3--1--0----------

-------------------------------------------2----

-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

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-------------0-----------0-----1-----3----------

-1-----2----------------------------------------

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-2-----------2-----------0-----------0----------

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-------0-----1-----------1-----------0----------

-3----------------------------------------------

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-------------0-----------2----------------------

-4-----------------------------------3----------

^ ^ ^ ^

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-3-----1-----0-----------0-----1--3--1-----0----

-------------------2----------------------------

-------------3-----------0----------------------

-0----------------------------------------------

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-2----------------------------------------------

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-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

^ ^ ^ ^

-------------------------------0----------------

-1-----------------------1-----------3-----1----

-2-----------------------2----------------------

-0-----------------------0-----------2----------

------------------------------------------------

-2-----------1-----------0----------------------

-5-----------------------------------3-----1----

------------------------------------------------

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-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

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-0-----------3----------------------------------

-------3-----------------------------------0--1-

-------------------0-----2-----------2----------

-------------------------------------0----------

-2-----------2-----------3----------------------

------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

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-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------2-----0----------------------

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-3-----------3-----------1-----------1----------

-------------------------------------0----------

-1-----------------------------------------3----

-0-----------------------2----------------------

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-0-----------0-----------1-----------1----------

-------------------------------------1-----0----

-3-----------------------0----------------------

-2-----------------------0----------------------

-0----------------------------------------------

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-2-----------1-----------3-----------3----------

^ ^ ^ ^

-------0-----------------------------3-----1----

-3-----------------------1----------------------

-4-----------------------2----------------------

------------------------------------------------

-------------------------0-----------0----------

-4-----------3----------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-1----------------------------------------------

-3----------------------------------------------

-2----------------------------------------------

-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

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-------------------------------------------1----

-------------------------------0-----3----------

-0-----------------------0----------------------

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-2-----------2-----------------------2----------

-------------------------3----------------------

-1-----------0-----------0-----------0-----1--3-

-------3----------------------------------------

-0-----------------------0----------------------

------------------------------------------------

-3-----------3-----------1-----------2----------

------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-------------------------------0-----3-----6----

-1-----------------------1----------------------

-2-----------------------0-----------0----------

------------------------------------------------

-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3----------------------

-6-----------5----------------------------------

-------------------------------------1----------

------------------------------------------------

-3-----------3-----------2-----------2----------

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-------------1----------------------------------

-0-----3----------------------------------------

-------------------------------------2----------

-0-----------0----------------------------------

-------------------------3-----------3----------

------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^

-------------------0--1--1--0-------------------

-------------3--------------------------------3-

-0-----------------------0-----------2----------

------------------------------------------------

-2-----------------------3----------------------

-------------3-----------------------1----------

^ ^ ^ ^

------------------------------------------------

-1--0--------------0-----0--1--0-----0-----1----

-------2-----2--------------------2-------------

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-3-----------1-----------3-----------3----------

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-1----------------------------------------------

-0----------------------------------------------

-2----------------------------------------------

-3----------------------------------------------

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