Cello Suite No 1 - Prelude Tab

952,646 views, added to favorites 10,552 times
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author demoniacfashion [a] 120.
7 contributors total, last edit on Jun 1, 2021
We have an official Cello Suite No 1 - Prelude tab made by UG professional guitarists.
Check out the tab
Since this song is written for cello, some of the notes were too low to play on guitar,
I put them an octave up to keep it in the original key.
 
Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach
4/4
Key: G Major
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|-----1-0-1---1-------1-0-1---1---|
G|-------2---------------2---------|---------------------------------|
D|---0-------0---0---0-------0---0-|---2-------2---2---2-------2---2-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|
G|-----5-4-5---5-------5-4-5---5---|---0---2---0---0---0---2---0-----|
D|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4-|-------------------------------4-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------2---0---0---0---0---------|---0-2-0-2-0-2-0---0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
D|---2---------4---2---4-----0-----|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------2---4-2-|-4---------------4---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----3-2-3-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-0-2---2-0-2---------|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|
D|-4---------------4-------0-4-2-0-|-------4---------------4---------|
A|---------------------------------|---2-------2---2---2-------2---2-|
E|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------3-2-0-----|-------3---3---------------------|
G|-----------------0-----------2-0-|---------2-----2-------2-0-------|
D|-----0-2-0---------4-2-----------|-4-2-0-------4---0-2-4-----4-2-0-|
A|---4-------4-2-0-----------------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------0-1-------------0-1-------|
G|-1-----------1---4-----------1---|-----2-----2---------2-----2-----|
D|---0-3-2-3-0---0---0-3-2-3-0---0-|---2---------2-0---2---------4-2-|
A|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-0-----0---0-2---0---------------|
D|---4---4-7-4-7-4---4---4-7-4-7-4-|---4-2---4-----4---4-2-0---------|
A|-6---6-----------6---6-----------|-------------------------3-2-0---|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------3-|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|-----3-2-3---3-------3-2-3---3---|
A|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|---2-------2---2---2-------2---2-|
E|-2---------------2---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------0---------------0---------|
G|---------------------------------|-----5---5---5-------5---5---5---|
D|-----2-0-2---2-------2-0-2---2---|---4-------4---4---4-------4---4-|
A|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3-|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0---0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------2---0---------------------|---------0-----0---------0-----0-|
D|---0---------4-2-0-------------0-|-----2-4---2-4-------2-4---2-4---|
A|-------------------3-2-0---------|-4-0-------------3-0-------------|
E|-3-----------------------3-2-0---|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------2-3~~~~---------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------2---------------------0-|
D|-----0-2-4-0-2-4-----0-2-4-0-2-4-|-----0-4-----------------0-2-4---|
A|-3-0-------------3-0-------------|-3-0---------------0-2-3---------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------0-1---------0-1-3-|-4-3-2-3-3-1-0-1-1---------------|
G|-2---------0-2-----2---0-2-------|-------------------2-------------|
D|---4-0-2-4-----------4-----------|---------------------4-2-0-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------0-2-3-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------0-1---0---------------|-------------0---2---------------|
G|---------2-----2---0-------------|---------0-2---0---3-2-3-3-2-1-2-|
D|-0---0-4-------------0-----------|-0-----0-------------------------|
A|---0-------------------3-2---0-2-|-----2---------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----|---3-----------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------2-3-2-|-3-------------------------------|
G|-2-0---0-0-------------0-2-------|---2-------2---------------------|
D|-----4-----2---------2-----------|-----4-2-4---0-4---0-------------|
A|-------------4-2-0-4-------------|-----------------0---4-2-0-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------3-2-0-|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----1-0-----------1-0-----------|---0-----------------------------|
G|---------2-0-----------2-0-------|-----2-0-----------2-0-----------|
D|-0~~~--------4-2-0---------4-2-0-|---------4-2-0---------4-2-0-----|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------------3-2-----------3-2-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---0-------2---2---2---2-0-2---2-|---2---2-0-2---2---2---2-0-2---2-|
D|-----4-2-4---0---2---4-------2---|-4---0-------2---4---0-------2---|
A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0-------|-----0---1-------0---1---3---0---|
G|---2---2---2---2-0-2-2-2---2---2-|-2-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
D|-4---0---2---4---------------0---|-------------0-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-1---0---1-------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-0-2-|-2-2-0-2-2-2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2-|
D|---------------------------------|-------------4-------4-------2---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|---------------------------------|---------------------0---1---2---|
B|---------------------------------|-0---1---2---3---4---------------|
G|---2-------------0---1---2---3---|---------------------------------|
D|-4---0-2-3-0-4-0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|-3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|-3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|
B|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
D|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0---------------0-----------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
 
   |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
e|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2---|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0---------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
Cello Suite No 1 - Prelude – Johann Sebastian Bach
How to play
"Cello Suite No 1 - Prelud…"
Font
29 comments
just thought id add... i took your tab and tabbed it into guitar pro, is it okay with you if i post it to this site, giving you credit for the original?
+26
omfgzzz dude!!!! i've been lookin for this song for a month!i LOVE it!! at first i couldn't find the name of it, but finally i did (obviously)and i thought well no one would tab this! but you did, and you rock man!!! two thumbs up into tha sky!
+18
Excellent tab. Thanks a lot!
+11