Chords for Bach Minuet in D Minor Arranged in DADGAD from Acoustic Guitar

[N] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] Hi, I'm [C#m] Acoustic Guitar Senior Editor Thea Gerken, [D] and I'm going to show you my arrangement [C] of Johann Sebastian [B] Bach's Minuet [A#] in D minor.
_ Bach wrote this piece as part of what's known as the Notebook [C#] for Anna Magdalena [A] Bach Collection.
It's a popular piece for piano students,
and I first came across it arranged in drop [Am] D tuning [F#m] in a book called Pieces for Classic Guitar, written by one of my own [D] teachers,
Peter Greenwood.
[G#m] _ _
I [F#m] originally learned the [G] piece on a nylon string classic guitar,
[E] but I eventually started playing it on steel string [G] guitars, which led to [A#] this arrangement [B] in Datgat Tuning.
_ Even if you don't have a [A#] background in playing classic guitar,
[E] learning a relatively simple piece like [C#] this is a great exercise for any fingerstyle [G] guitarist.
The arrangement is mostly based on playing the melody and [F#] bass line, with a bit of [B] harmony thrown in.
[G] If you're used to playing strict picking hand patterns,
[F#] then you'll have to pay [D] attention to how the piece flows, as the fingerings aren't always as predictable [A#] as they are in some fingerstyle [C] tunes.
_ Let's start [E] by getting tuned up.
As I mentioned, this arrangement [C] uses Datgat Tuning, so the notes are from low to high [D] D, _ _ _
_ [Am] A, _ _ _ _
[D] D,
_ _ _ _ _ [G] G, _ _ _ _ _ [A] A. _
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[D] _ _ _ _ If you're new to this tuning,
then you [F#m] probably need to rely on the tab for the correct finger positions, as sight reading and [G] alternate tunings can be difficult.
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Okay, so here's the piece.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ As you can hear,
I'm taking advantage [F] of a big [G] D5 chord, using [C#] mostly open strings to [C#m] start the A section [C] and to end the [C#] B section.
But [D] otherwise, the arrangement [F#m] doesn't rely on [B] open strings as [D] much as some [B] alternate tuning pieces might. _
In general,
[F#m] you'll want to make sure that you [D] don't accidentally mute [C#] strings as you shift positions, in order to lend a sense of fluidity to the
[C] piece, and for the same reason I'd recommend [A] practicing it with a metronome.
_ _ [G] I hope that you'll enjoy learning this piece.
Even a short piece like this allows a [C#m] glimpse into the genius [B] of Bach's writing, [C] and I'd [B] encourage any guitarist to check out other works
from the repertoire.
For Acoustic Guitar, I'm Thea Gerken. _ _ _ _ _ _ _