Dear Jim,
thank you for sharing! All the best, Luca Il 2015-12-21 15:30 jsl...@verizon.net ha scritto: > Dear Luca and All, > Here's my version of the famous first prelude. Because it starts at a > relatively high pitch, I've dropped it an octave until measure 16 (as do > other transcriptions). I've tried to keep the notes one-to-a-string when > possible to keep with the feel of the original, which makes some of the > fingerings more difficult, but I think it is worth the effort. Of course you > should feel free to alter them at will, as in measures 23 or 28. In measure > 28, the F# is better in tune played on the second string, at least for those > of us with tempered tuning that uses a lowered fourth fret and a high first > fret. > The repeated low Cs in the final measures are actually meant to be broken in > two, hitting the fundamental on the first beat and the octave on the second > beat. I know this sounds difficult, but with a small amount of practice I > found it is not hard at all. > I hope people enjoy playing this wonderful piece. > Jim Stimson > > On 12/20/15, l...@manassero.net wrote: > > Dear collective wisdom, > > I grew curious to hear how the well known Prelude in C major from Bach' > First Book of the Wohltemperierte Klavier (BWV846) would sound on a > baroque lute. > > Before getting involved in such an exercise...: did any of you wise > lutenists already transcribed it for Baroque lute? > > Thank you in advance! > > Luca > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/ [1]~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Links: ------ [1] http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/ --
