--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Farr" <alan.farr@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> That's a good one . . . I hadn't noticed the faint Eo note until
now . . . now I hear it all the time.
> An effective way to overcome it, I aver, is to barré at the 3rd
fret with the 3rd finger positioned at the 1st string A and pluck
just the 4th string F and 1st string A.
>
> See diagram:
> 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
> | = barré
>
> With the barré, the faint Eo note is eliminated, I find (. . .
think, anyway).

BJ: I am going to try it. The movement to position III
has to be quick.

> With the right hand, on the second beat, I'm using p (4th string)
and a (1st string), followed immediately by m (2nd string).


> Is there an issue with ringiness of the 1st string? The open note
sounds nice to me because of its extra length.

BJ: I changed to wound B & G strings to make the brilliance
to the E closer. But it is not enough. I have tried using
the flesh of the finger on the E string. This introduces
a slight thud but softer ring, but I can't get it consistent.

> I was much more troubled by fingering later in the piece, which I
seem to have more or less under control now - although it seems to
have taken ages. Still struggling in some places, though.

BJ: Yes. I would be interest in what you do later in the
piece.

Bob

> Regards,
> Alan Farr
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Jaffray.
> To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:35 PM
> Subject: [bachforguitar] Re: Air on G String (BWV1068) transcr -
Still working on it
>
>
> BJ: Alan, when I try your fingering to move from your first chord
> played with finters 0/3/1 (E0 G2 E1=e'aF) to 3/1 (A5 D3=a'f) I
get
> a faint low E0 sound when I lift the 1st finger. It is very
> distracting. I have tried damping with the 2nd finger but
> that makes the gap between the first and second beats even
> greater.
>
> BJ: Have you run into this problem? and if so what do
> you do about it? On the second beat do you use i & a or
> i & m with the right hand, or do you use p & a or p &
> m?
>
> BJ: I still don't know what to do about the ringiness
> of the open high E string. Does anyone else have a
> suggestion about this?
>
> 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
>