BJ: I have been continuing with the Air. My next question is
how you handle the high Bb. Do you play the open E and then
move up to play in 5th position, or do you slide up to the
Bb and then play in 3rd position. I think you know the
place that I am referring to.

BJ: There are other places too where I would like to
compare fingerings.

Bob

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Farr" <alan.farr@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Bob,
>
> I've been practicing this quite a lot over the past 2/3 weeks, too.
> I favour the following :
>
> E 0--5---0---------|-----------
> B -----6---3---0-1-|0----------
> G 2----------5-----|-----2-0---
> D ---3-----4-------|-------3---
> A -----------------|-----------
> E 1----------------|3--3-------
>
> 3 3 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 3 2 4
> 1 1 2
>
> No 'big stretch' required and the notes ring nicely and run
> together nicely, too.
>
> Regards,
> Alan Farr
> (PS I formatted the tablature as Courier New in the
> email, but the font gets changed by YahooGroups.
> In order to get the spacing of the tablature the same as I wrote
> it, you'd have to open the email as a "Forward Message" and
> change the font back to Courier New. )
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Jaffray.
> To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:30 PM
> Subject: [bachforguitar] Re: Air on G String (BWV1068) transcr -
New
> question
>
>
> --- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Jaffray." <bobjaffray@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Jaffray." <bobjaffray@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > BJ: I am having trouble with the 3rd measure. I started with
> > > the big stretch a' 4th and f with 3rd finger. When attempting
> > > fingers 1 and 3 in order to use 4th at (2) fret 7 there is
> > > a little detectible gap in the sound from the preceeding
> > > chord e'aF. What do others do?
> > >
> > > Bob Jaffray
> >
> > BJ: I decided to stick with the big stretch:
>
> BJ: Oh, oh. I forgot to put in the fingering
>
> > E 0----5--1--------------|-----------
> > B -----------3--1--0--1--|0----------
> > G 2----------------------|-------2-0-
> > D -----3-----4-----------|---------3-
> > A -----------------------|-----------
> > E 1----------------2-----|3----3-----
>
> 2 4 1 3 1 1 2
> 1 2 4 2 3 4
>
> BJ: Is this the right way to indicate it?
> >
> > BJ: Next question. On my instrument the open E is very ringy
> > compared to all other notes. I presume this is generally
> > true. So if one _has_ to use the open high E, how does one
> > make it less ringy in order for the sound to be harmonious
> > with other notes? Or what does one do to make the others
> > more resounding to more closely match the E? I have
> > already put on wound B and G strings, which helps _a little_.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > --- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Jaffray."
> <bobjaffray@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > BJ: I am curious. What are members playing
> > > > of JS Bach these days? Are we mostly
> > > > "intermediate" guitarists? How many have
> > > > tackled BWV1068 (Air on the G String) in its
> > > > common transcription.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Jaffray
> > > >
> > >
> >
>