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Prelude In C Minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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This is a pianoforte piece, which I've transcribed into a fun (and very cool sounding)
bass solo. Learn this and then play it at speed (~174bpm is about as fast as I can manage
fairly suicidal even at that) and people may actually listen to the bassist for once. 
all in straight triplets.

                        Prelude in C# Minor, For Bass

Sergei Rachmaninov
Transcribed by Ian MacGillivray - macgilli@aston.ac.uk


      |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G||---9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
D||*-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
A||*--------------------------------7-----|
E||---------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
--------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------|


   |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3--|   |---3---|
   E   E   E   E   E   E   E  E   E   E   E   E
--13----------11----------14---------13----------|
----------11----------11---------11----------11--|
------11----------12----------9----------11------|
-------------------------------------------------|


   |--3--|   |---3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E   E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--11-----9--11---------9-----8--9-----6--|
-------------------11--------------------|
------9---------9---------9--------7-----|
-----------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
--------------------------------7-----|--------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


   |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3--|   |---3---|
   E   E   E   E   E   E   E  E   E   E   E   E
--13----------11----------14---------13----------|
----------11----------11---------11----------11--|
------11----------12----------9----------11------|
-------------------------------------------------|


   |---3--|  |---3---|   |---3---|   |--3--|
   E  E   E  E   E   E   E   E   E   E  E  E
----------------------------------------------|
--11---------9----------12----------11-----7--|
---------12---------12----------11------------|
------9---------10----------10----------9-----|


   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--11-----8--9-----6--7-----4--6--------|--7-----4--6-----2--4-----------------|
------7--------6--------3--------4--7--|-----3--------4--------0--6--7-----4--|
---------------------------------------|--------------------------------4-----|
---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--------------------------------------|-----------2-----------------3--------|
--7-----4--6--------4-----1--2--------|--0-----------------1-----------------|
-----3--------4--7-----0-----------4--|-----0--4-----0--4-----1--4-----1--4--|
--------------------------------4-----|--------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
-----------4--------5--------6--------|--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
--2-----1--------1--------4-----------|-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
-----2--------2--------3--------4--7--|--------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
--------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------|


   |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3--|   |---3---|
   E   E   E   E   E   E   E  E   E   E   E   E
--13----------11----------14---------13----------|
----------11----------11---------11----------11--|
------11----------12----------9----------11------|
-------------------------------------------------|


   |--3--|   |---3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E   E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--11-----9--11---------9-----8--9-----6--|
-------------------11--------------------|
------9---------9---------9--------7-----|
-----------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|     |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|--9-----6--8-----6--7-----5--6--------|
-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|-----6--------5--------4-----------6--|
--------------------------------7-----|--------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


   |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3--|   |---3---|
   E   E   E   E   E   E   E  E   E   E   E   E
--13----------11----------14---------13----------|
----------11----------11---------11----------11--|
------11----------12----------9----------11------|
-------------------------------------------------|


  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--------------------7-----4--6--------|
--9-----6--7-----4-----3--------4--7--|
-----5--------4-----------------------|
--------------------------------------|


   |--3--|  |--3--|   |---3---|   |---3---|
   E  E  E  E  E  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
--11-----8--9-----6--14------14------13------|
------7--------6-----16------16------14------|
---------------------15---9--15--11--16--11--|
-------------------------11------12------12--|


   |---3--|  |---3--|   |---3--|  |---3--|
   E  E   E  E   E  E   E  E   E  E   E  E      Q     Q     Q     Q
--11-----11------9--------------------------|--------16----------18----|
--13-----13-----11-----12-----12-----11-----|---9----18----11----11----|
--12--6--12--7--11--7--14--2--14--7--12--7--|--11----17-----9----------|
------8------9------9--13--4--13--9--14--9--|--10----19-----9-----9----|


   W
---L-----------------||
---L----------------*||
--------------------*||
---L-----------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
n/ - tremolo bar dip
n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
 -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

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Prelude In C Minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff