BuxWV 236, Suite in Em - 3. Sarabande - Dieterich Buxtehude (c1637-1707) edition: Faber Music F0123 (transcribed by Julian Bream) (1967, London) see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 27 September 2021 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/buxtehude_buxwv236_suite_in_em_3_sarabande.mid video: https://youtu.be/hxor7q7kNo4?t=329 - Judith Bunk (from 5min 29sec) video: https://youtu.be/bZGXETdLU3I?t=316 - Tony Pena (from 5min 16sec) standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E minor time: 3/4 m a m i p i m a m i m a m a i p p p p 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|--------------------|-------------------|-------0=====------| B|-----0===========0--|----------0========|----0========1=====| G|*-0=====0===========|-------2=====0=====|----------0=====---| D|*----------2--------|----4========---2--|----------------4--| A|--------------2=====|-6===========------|-------------0=====| E|--0===========0=====|-------------0=====|-3===========------| 2 1 4 2 1 3 1 4 m a a a m m i p i 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------|-------3=====2=====|-------0=====------| B|-------------------|----0=====0=====0--|-------------3=====| G|-------2=====0=====|-------------------|----4=====2=====0==| D|----4=====1--2=====|-2===========0=====|-------------------| A|-2===========---2--|-------------------|-3===========2=====| E|-------------0=====|-------------------|-------------------| 4 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 C7________________ m a i a m i a m i a m a m 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------|--------------------|-----7-----7=====---| B|-------1=====0=====|====0--------0------|--------7--------10-| G|====0=====------0--|-------2=====------*|*-8===========8=====| D|----------4--------|-2=====---2--1-----*|*-9===========------| A|-0===========------|-3===========2------|--------------------| E|-------------3=====|--------------------|--------------7=====| 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 a m m i m a i a p i m 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-0===========------|----0=====---------|-------5--8--7=====| B|----8=====8=====8--|-------10=======8--|----7========8=====| G|-------------------|----------9--7=====|-5===========---0--| D|-------9===========|-------------------|-------------------| A|-7===========------|-------------------|-0===========------| E|-------------0=====|-8===========7=====|-------------3=====| 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 C5__________C3____ 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|----------7-----5--|----------------3--|-------7=====5=====| B|-------8=====5=====|----------7--------|----5=====5=====4--| G|----7========------|-------5=====4=====|-0===========------| D|-------------------|----7========------|-------------4=====| A|-------------3=====|-5===========------|-------------------| E|-7===========------|-------------3=====|-------------------| 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 1 1 1 C7__________ a i m a m i a m i m a m i m p i p p 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-3===========2--3--|-0========3--2-p0--|-------7=====7=====| B|-5=====0========0==|====0--------------|----7-----------5--| G|----0--------------|-------2===========|-8========8--------| D|-2=====---2--0=====|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-3=================|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------|-7===========3=====| 2 2 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 2 1 1 C2__________ a i m i m i m a m i m i p 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-8=====------------|--------------------|| B|----4--5--8--7--5--|-5========4--5=====-|| G|-------------0=====|-2-----2=====0=====*|| D|-7===========------|-4--5--------2-----*|| A|-0===========------|-2===========-------|| E|-------------------|----------------0---|| 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The main source for this Suite by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) is a hand-written MS in German organ tablature, in the Thomas Ihre collection at the University of Uppsala. Whether it was originally intended for a keyboard instrument or for a lute is not known: while the part writing would certainly present considerable technical difficulties for the average lutenist, there does exist another version of the work for keyboard, which differs in some respects from the Uppsala MS. Nonetheless, the character and spirit of this Suite is ideally suited to the guitar - a fact which led me to make this transcription which collates details from both sources." (Julian Brean) The tempo of the MIDI is 72 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes). The left hand fingering in the sheet for measures 19 and 20 is hard to follow and doesn't appear to be playable. The tab attempts to follow the sheet fingering, but it may be better to follow the reference videos. measure 4 - in the sheet the 2nd note is a dotted 1/4 note (not a 1/4 note) measure 16 - in the sheet the E in the 1st chord is a 1/2 note (not a 1/4 note) measure 19 - in the sheet the 3rd note (E) is a 1/4 note (not an 1/8th note) measure 20 - in the sheeet the F# in 1st chord is a 1/4 note (not an 1/8 note) left hand fingering (LHF) below tab right hand fingering (RHF) above tab 1 - index finger (forefinger) p - thumb 2 - middle finger i - index finger (forefinger) 3 - ring finger m - middle finger 4 - little finger (pinky) a - ring finger === - notes held, length of note, duration C1 - barre on the 1st fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret C3 - barre on the 3rd fret C7 - barre on the 7th fret p - (between the notes) pull-off |---- ----| repeat the section |---- ----| |*--- ---*| |*--- ---*| |---- ----| |---- ----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com