Left-Hand Walking References to Vocal Music in the Sonata da Chiesa Discord Vis-a-Vis Chords in Bach's Time Interpreting the Adagio Movements Interpreting Bach's Violin Slurs
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
This article describes how to use some of the fingerings in our edition. It also describes how to use the hands in a more relaxed manner. A must-read for guitarists. Read More
Posted: June 12th, 2019
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
Material in the Sonatas, as opposed to the Partitas, comes from vocal music, both the sacred polyphony and the secular songs of Bach’s forefathers.
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Posted: May 16th, 2019
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
... discussing Bach’s music in terms of chords is a little ahead of his time because, in fact, Bach was not trained in harmony the same way as we now are trained. Read More
Posted: May 1st, 2019
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
In 1737, music critic Adolf Scheibe wrote that by notating the embellishments in his adagio movements, J.S. Bach "not only deprives his listeners of beauty and harmo ... Read More
Posted: April 19th, 2019
By: Frank Koonce
and Heather DeRome
This article is taken from the performance notes of our edition of the Sonatas and Partitas arranged for guitar. The edition has almost 30 ... Read More
Posted: March 10th, 2019
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