Jim, try a good clavichord. This was J.S.'s favourite. You'll know why once you play a good one. g
On 30.08.2005, at 18:08, jim abraham wrote: > Here's a reason: Bach didn't write any baroque guitar music. I find > that > most of the guitar repertoire, "ancient" and modern, though often > charming, > not nearly as compelling as Bach. That's the great pity for someone > like me: > don't like playing "keyboard" because it lacks intimacy and > resonance, but > would be really happy to play Bach and nothing else. > > On 8/30/05, Howard Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >> >> >>> However, I have always >>> wondered why modern guitarists shun baroque guitar music in favor of >>> transcription from music for wholly dissimilar instruments like >>> cello >>> or >>> violin. >>> >> >> Because the violin and cello are, in their way, less dissimilar. If >> you play them straight off the page on a modern guitar, Bach's violin >> partitas and sonatas will make sense, more or less. Corbetta will >> not. >> >> HP >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > -- >
