Bach Chaconne (BWV1004) guitar problem

[Kirk Hamster]

I am trying to learn this masterpiece but I have a problem. I have pasted 3 bars here. My problem lies in the second and third one. I pasted the first to show where I come from, and the last piece of number 3 is easy enough, that's where I am going.

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  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------6-------6-------6-------6---|
|-----3-------3---------------------5---5---5---5-|
|---3---3---3---3---7---7---7---7-----------------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------------------------0-------0-------|
  E       E       E       E       E       E


OK, these are the offending bars I am trying to play! How the hell you you span 5 - 5 - 2 - 6 and 1 - 3 - 3 - 6? And this is played fast too...I can do most of the other bars in this piece but this one is bugging me.

  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-------6-------5-------5-------4-------4----|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2--------------------|
|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3--|
|---------------------------------0-------0--------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5------------------------|
  E       E       E       E       E       E


                          <
  T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|---------------------6-------6-------0-------0---|
|-----4-------4-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
|-----------------------------------0---0---0---0-|
|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------|
|-1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
  E       E       E       E       E       E

Anyone got a tip on how to smooth out the two bars, so I don't have to grow longer fingers ?



When I get the piece together, I'll ofcourse post it here ! (Yeah I know this is not Metallica, but you can't play Metallica without knowing some classical!)

Here's the original piece: Bach's Chaconne Partita 2

[damage jackal]

look up on youtube, there are a lot of clips with guitar version. also, if you play this on electric guitar, it won't work because the frets on the acoustic one are shorter.

[Kirk Hamster]

I'm playing this on a steel stringer actually. Maybe a classical guitar is better, but unfortunately lent away mine some time ago and it never came back. Maybe thats how its easier... ive seen the videos and it looks effortless... i'll try some more finger stretching or if that doesnt work i'll have to come up with an alternative pattern... (i was kind of hoping someone here had a good pattern idea right out of the box...)

i'll keep you posted on eventual progress!

cheers