Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite 1 (BWV 1007)

This is one of the free and clean Bach cello music I am making available, as I transcribe them. See the parent article for context.

It is the shortest piece in the suites. Here is a clean sheet showing only notes. You can print it out and add your own bowing and fingering marks. Click on the image to go to the PDF file.

Click to see PDF sheet music

Following is my own markings. These most likely won’t work for you. I removed some double-stops that I couldn’t play well, and slightly changed durations of others. In general, I like how Yo-Yo Ma interpreted this one in Inspired by Bach. But note that he tuned his cello half step down to get a Baroque pitch of A415.

Click to see PDF sheet music

Cheers.

Update from year-end 2023: I recorded my slow progress at year-end 2023.

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