The archlute version is, for most intents & purposes, your 7 (pref. low
"D") course version. Just play with your low octave bass notes; there
are not so many of them as to constitute a linear, melodically
independent bass line that would be degraded by octave transpositions.
Having said that, I must agree with Roman- out of character for the
instrument, at least for "performance". But if a 7 course instrument was
all I had, I would certainly play this (and any other damn piece of
music that tickled my fancy- for my own pleasure if not for anything
else). But I am fortunate enough these days to have played Roman's
versions on:
1. Baroque lute (my favorite)
2. Archlute (actually pretty good on this)
3. 7-course Vihuela Grande (all bass notes accounted for; whatever the
octave- but it really "feels" wrong compared to the other two)
If I had to perform this on a 7 course instrument I would bump it up; a
whole tone to maybe a 4th.
Go ahead, just play it already! :-D
Dan
On 8/20/2014 5:38 AM, Helen Atkinson wrote:
How about aA 7-courseA version from someone?A ThatA would be popular!
Helen
On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, [1][email protected]
<[2][email protected]> wrote:
"By popular demand" -
an archlute version:
[3]http://polyhymnion.org/swv/music/bach5arc.pdf
Enjoy.
Amities,
RT
On 8/20/2014 12:38 AM, Edward C. Yong wrote:
I, for one, would love an arrangement for 7-course or archlute!
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
[email protected]
On 19 Aug, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Dan Winheld <[email protected]> wrote:
Roman- beautifully done, very nice. That movement has always been a
small favorite of mine.
Thank you!
Dan
On 8/19/2014 6:59 AM, [email protected] wrote:
You can also play that movement on a 13course, without any piano:
[4]http://polyhymnion.org/swv/images/bach5.pdf
RT
On 8/19/2014 8:13 AM, Helen Atkinson wrote:
A A Hello -
A A I've had such great help from this forum that I can't resist
asking for
A A more. I'm in long-shot mode again, and purists must turn away
(!), but
A A I've been asked whether I could play lute to cover the
pizzicato
A A strings line of the beautiful Largo movement of this concerto.
I may be
A A accompanying a piano rather than harpsichord, so the
anachronism could
A A be more extreme still. Is an intabulation of this for a
7-course
A A instrument worth pursuing, I wonder? The score can be found
here (pp.
A A 112-113):A
[1][5]http://burrito.whatbox.ca:15263/imglnks/usimg/4/4b/IMSLP02260-
Bach_-
A A _BGA_-_BWV_1056.pdf
A A Many thanks
A A Helen
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References
A A 1.
[6]http://burrito.whatbox.ca:15263/imglnks/usimg/4/4b/IMSLP02260-Bac
h_-_BGA_-_BWV_1056.pdf
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References
1. mailto:[email protected]
2. mailto:[email protected]
3. http://polyhymnion.org/swv/music/bach5arc.pdf
4. http://polyhymnion.org/swv/images/bach5.pdf
5. http://burrito.whatbox.ca:15263/imglnks/usimg/4/4b/IMSLP02260-Bach_-
6.
http://burrito.whatbox.ca:15263/imglnks/usimg/4/4b/IMSLP02260-Bach_-_BGA_-_BWV_1056.pdf
7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
