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Videos: Arranging Bach
J.S. Bach, BWV 1001, Sonata 1 in G Minor, I - Adagio, Tutorial (Part 1)
The Adagio, BWV 1001, not only opens the G-minor sonata, but it also opens the whole collection of Sonatas and Partitas.
Just as the opening chord is a qui...
Duration: 17:04
Arranger's Corner: BWV 1001, Adagio, Choosing Your Bass Notes
There are many different questions and issues that come into play when an arranger is faced with deciding whether to change Bach’s original.
One of the mor...
Arranger's Corner: La-sol-fa-mi Bassline
This video in the Arranger’s Corner is part of an ongoing “sub-series” that discusses the various issues and obstacles that may lead an arranger to consider ma...
Arranger's Corner, Gnarly Question
Everyone loves a good mystery...
Forkel, Bach’s first biographer, states that,
according to Bach himself, arranging Vivaldi’s concertos had “taught him h
...
Duration: 10:19
J.S. Bach, BWV 1004, Partita No 2 in D minor, II - Corrente, with score
JT
Fine playing!
Arranger's Corner: BWV 1003, Choosing your Bass notes--Thinking in 16th Century Terms
In the critical notes of our arrangements of the Sonatas and Partitas, Frank Koonce and I had a short discussion about the Schemata and Rule of the Octave, which wer...
Arranger's Corner: Adding to what Bach wrote, Part One
Here is the first video in a new series exploring the difficult questions that arise when arrangers must decide
whether or not to make a change to Bach’s origin
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