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Double Bass The Bach Cello Suites

When I taught guitar and pork chop, I refused to use tab. students would bring it in and I wouldn't even look at it.

Become a proficient reader of standard notation NOW, and not ten years from now... seriously, the longer you wait the harder it will be to pick it up. Every second reading standard will pay off in the long run.

Bach is too beautiful for tab.
 
I have a question, what good is a power tab for a solo piece? Im sure theres thousands of normal tabs out their but a power tab would be no different. Also tabs arent good for the suites cuz you cant write in fingerings and articulations. I would just get a a normal versin and transfer it to tab if you really need to.
 
For the 3rd time in this post. I CAN READ STANDARD NOTATION! Power tab is a free computer program that allows you to write and compose in either STANDARD NOTATION or in Tablature. It also has a Midi playback option so that you can hear each part. I find it highly useful.

It sounds like you already have the power tab program. If so, then just copy the music in there, either with standard notation, or tablature, and you can probably transpose (is that the right word in this case?) between the two notation styles. I think any good program would allow you to do that, anyway.

Honestly, I don't understand why you would want the Bach suites in tab, but a quick google search brought me this.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/johann_sebastian_bach_tabs.htm

You can find the suites a little more than halfway down (or just search).

I would definitely recommend reading standard notation though.