Bach's famous Cello piece deconstructed

GuyBoden · April 2020

Bach's famous Cello piece deconstructed.

barnstorm · April 2020

The episode of Song Exploder where Yo-Yo Ma talks about this (specifically his playing of it) was great if anyone hasn't heard it:

http://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma

Winny_Pooh · April 2020

Nice, cheers

Roland · April 2020

It’s a beautiful exercise in tension and resolution. Bach could only do it with a stringed instrument because key and wind instruments were often untempered, and brass didn’t have all of the notes. It’s always irritated me that the guitar can’t get the timbre of those bass notes, where you can feel the horse hair rasping.

GuyBoden · January 2023

barnstorm said:

The episode of Song Exploder where Yo-Yo Ma talks about this (specifically his playing of it) was great if anyone hasn't heard it:

http://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma

Good stuff, the Cello has such a beautiful tone.

https://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma

ArchtopDave · January 2023

We all should be very grateful for Pablo Casals doing a bit of shopping in a secondhand bookshop in 1889.

west · January 2023

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.184905227.8857/flat,1000x1000,075,f.jpg

brojangles · February 2023

ArchtopDave said:

We all should be very grateful for Pablo Casals doing a bit of shopping in a secondhand bookshop in 1889.

And to Felix Mendelssohn for helping revive the Matthew Passion (yes yes it's a bit of a myth but it's still cool).

GuyBoden · March 2023

Here's the notation in the original key G Major in treble clef, with a low C, great for Seven strings.

https://www.flutetunes.com/tunes/bach-cello-suite-no1-prelude.pdf

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