Hello everybody,

The Bach for Guitar website has changed _a lot_ this week. Renovations included:

         - Netscape compatibility has been restored (by rewriting the entire site
from scratch!!)
         - 356 new free scores added to the "Guitarists Guide". There are now 989
scores (including 472 for guitar).
         - A full listing of Bach's works (the BWV catalog) is incorporated into
the Guide (as grouped "Titles Lists").
         - Anna Magdalena's notebook (though largely spurious) is also catalogued
in the Guide.

Now that these efforts are done, hopefully I'll have more time this summer for
polishing and uploading more of my own transcriptions. I will let you know as
this happens.

Regards,
Alan Melvin
____________________________________________
"Bach for Guitar" website - http://alan.melvin.com

Saludos a todos,

El Web site de "Bach for Guitar" ha cambiado mucho esta semana. Las
renovaciones incluyen :
         - Se ha restaurado la compatibilidad de Netscape.
         - 356 nuevas partituras gratis han sido agregadas a la
guía "Guitarist's Guide". Ahora hay 989 partituras (incluyendo 472
para la guitarra).
         - Un lista completa de las obras de Bach (el catálogo de BWV)
se ha incorporado en la guía.
         - El "Cuaderno de Ana Magdalena" también esta catalogad en la
guía.

Ahora espero tener más tiempo para concluir muchas de mis propias
transcripciones de Bach y para compartirlas con ustedes. Les
informaré cuando esto suceda.

Recuerdos,
Alan Melvin
____________________________________________
"Bach for Guitar" website - http://alan.melvin.com

Dear guitarists,

It is now possible for members to post messages and discuss things at
the Yahoo! Group of "Bach for Guitar". To post a message, write to
bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com .

However, you will not receive these discussions in your email unless
you specifically choose to (by visiting the Yahoo! page and changing
your email settings for the Group). Email preferences for all
existing members are currently set to "Special Notices Only". (I have
done this in respect for those who wish only to get website news, or
to download music from the "Files" and "Photos" pages at the Yahoo!
page.)

Alan
P.S. - These discussions will also be moderated by me, to remove any
spam or posts that don't relate to Bach.
P.P.S. - VERY IMPORTANT - If you wish to write to me in private, use
bachforguitar-owner@yahoogroups.com instead.

...and only two messages, both from Alan himself. So I thought I'd
just say Hi Alan and thanks for the website. I play Bach on steel
string guitar, currently working on the Doble from 997. Next I'm
going to have a go at your Presto from 1001. Found another midi
version of it that's a lot faster and in a higher register, but no
tab for it as yet. I'll send it to you if you're interested.
Best, Dave

This is a difficult piece for a barely intermediate player like me,
but it helps me to improve my playing of simpler pieces.

Downloaded the prelude from BWV1006a the other day. Just thought
some thanks were in order for what appears to be a very polished
transcription.

Gonna lock myself away for three months now, and try and learn to
play it.............

Regards

This is a wonderful website.  Thanks so much for the hard work that
must have gone into this.  As an airline pilot sitting reserve away
from family, this was a most wonderful treasure that will help me
get my chops back.  I look forward to supporting this effort soon.
Thanks again,
LV

On the newly released Carlos Bonell DVD,he performs all of the Bach
Lute Suite in Em BWV 996.

This DVD also contains works by Albeniz,Sanz,tarrega,Sor etc in the 1
hour performance.

What makes this DVD unique however is that the viewer can choose to
watch either hand in isolation at any time in the 1 hour performance.

Carlos also gives details of his approach towards interpretation and
technique for each of the pieces.

DVD is available at www.guitarcds.net or from the "guitar school"
section at www.gigajam.com

katys komet

I am curious about the doubles in the violin Partita No1. First of all this
seems to be Bach's
only instance of this (not that I have really studied his works at all). I
wonder if they can be
played over each other, or was it just an extentioon of an idea. If anyone has
seen any
analysis on this I think it would be interesting.

You can, at least with a computer. If you want to hear the result, go
to this page on KCN's MIDI site:

http://www.angel.ne.jp/~kcn/?.midi1c

KCN has "made MIDI files of those Double movements playing with the
original movement an octave below." The most convincing are the
faster movements, but all of them make sense this way, like some
maniacal lost keyboard partita.

Alan

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "shaktibris" <shaktip@b...>
wrote:
>
>
> I am curious about the doubles in the violin Partita No1. First of
all this seems to be Bach's
> only instance of this (not that I have really studied his works at
all). I wonder if they can be
> played over each other, or was it just an extentioon of an idea. If
anyone has seen any
> analysis on this I think it would be interesting.

Hello guitar people,

I have added to the website a history section, called "What's New".

There you can see what arrangements, scores, MIDIs and whatnot have
been added to the "Alan's Guitarist Guide to Free Bach" each time
over the last couple of years, up through March 31, 2005.

I have also found and added 44 more guitar arrangements (including
solos and ensembles), relinked 141 tablatures (for websites that
moved), and added dozens of other things including MIDIs.

To see details, please go to the website http://alan.melvin.com and
click "What's New".

I hope you enjoy this stuff.

Best wishes,
Alan Melvin
________________________________________
Bach for Guitar - http://alan.melvin.com

Hola gente de la guitarra,

He agregado al website una sección sobre actualizaciones,
titulada "What's New". Allí pueden ver que arreglos, partituras,
MIDIs y otras cosas he agregado en la "Alan's Guitarist Guide to Free
Bach" cada vez durante los dos años pasados, hasta el 31 de
Marzo 2005.

También he encontrado y he agregado 44 arreglos más para la guitarra
(incluyendo solos y conjuntos), he restaurado los links de 141
tablaturas (para los websites que se movieron), y agregué docenas de
otras cosas incluyendo MIDIs.

Para ver los detalles, vaya por favor al website
http://alan.melvin.com y haga click en "What's New".

Espero que les gusten estas cosas.

saludos,
Alan Melvin
________________________________________
Bach for Guitar - http://alan.melvin.com

Hola Alan!
Mi nombre es Nicolás y queria decirte que tu pagina de Bach es una de mis
paginas preferidas. Suelo bajame muchas cosas de alli. Quisiera saber de donde
eres. Yo soy argentino, y estudio guitarra clasica hace 6 años en el
conservatorio de lopez bouchard de bs as y siempre estoy buscando gente para
tocar en duo trio o como sea y no se si en tu pagina se podia poner algun
anuncio para expresar esto. En fin, si me podes aydudar en algo con esto te
agradezco mucho y si no no importa, sigo bajando partituras de tu site!.
Un saludo!
Nico.

fantastic.  thanks a lot.


--- Alan Melvin <alan@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello guitar people,
>
> I have added to the website a history section,
> called "What's New".
>
> There you can see what arrangements, scores, MIDIs
> and whatnot have
> been added to the "Alan's Guitarist Guide to Free
> Bach" each time
> over the last couple of years, up through March 31,
> 2005.
>
> I have also found and added 44 more guitar
> arrangements (including
> solos and ensembles), relinked 141 tablatures (for
> websites that
> moved), and added dozens of other things including
> MIDIs.
>
> To see details, please go to the website
> http://alan.melvin.com and
> click "What's New".
>
> I hope you enjoy this stuff.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alan Melvin
> ________________________________________
> Bach for Guitar - http://alan.melvin.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hola Nico / Hello Nico,

Soy estadounidense pero me gusta muchisimo tu pais. Estoy neuvamente
casado con una Argentina hermosa de San Juan. Ella me ayuda con mi
pobre castellano.
/
I'm American but I like your country a lot. I'm newly married to an
Argentine beauty from San Juan province. She helps me with my crappy
Spanish.

Alan


--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "nicolas ferreyra"
<acercadelejos@h...> wrote:
>
> Hola Alan!
> Mi nombre es Nicolás y queria decirte que tu pagina de Bach es
una
de mis paginas preferidas. Suelo bajame muchas cosas de alli.
Quisiera saber de donde eres. Yo soy argentino, y estudio guitarra
clasica hace 6 años en el conservatorio de lopez bouchard de bs as
y
siempre estoy buscando gente para tocar en duo trio o como sea y no
se si en tu pagina se podia poner algun anuncio para expresar esto.
En fin, si me podes aydudar en algo con esto te agradezco mucho y si
no no importa, sigo bajando partituras de tu site!.
> Un saludo!
> Nico.

El sitio me ha sorprendido muy agradablemente, soy guitarrista
aficionado y verdaderamente las transcripciones me parecen muy buenas y
de mucha ayuda para aprender a interpretar con facilidad las geniales
creaciones de Don Johan Sebastian.
Muchisimas gracias por tu esfuerzo Melvin
Luis

Hello fello guitarists and Bach lovers!

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Sorry, Ucrit, I'm just a beginner. And it's HARD WORK!

 

Bill

 

Heyyo..

I'm Ucrit, 21, a lady classical guitarist.

I'm translating some sheets of preludes into my own variety.

Do you have some preludes??

 

Thanx. a. lot.

Heyyo..

I'm Ucrit, 21, a lady classical guitarist.

I'm translating some sheets of preludes into my own variety.

Do you have some preludes??

 

Thanx. a. lot.

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Ucrit,

You are looking for more Bach to transcribe from, correct? The
easiest way to find sheet music for the original works (and also guitar
versions) is through my site http://alan.melvin.com . There, click the menu to
"Select a category" (keyboard works, violin works, etc.) and click "Go".

At first you will see only lists of guitar versions with links. However, above
each group of guitar versions is a link, "Click for NON-guitar scores". Most of
Bach's works are available for free on the internet (mostly in editions whose
copyrights have expired). Most of these are in PDF form.

Also there are usually MIDI files you can listen to at the click of your mouse.
More importantly, MIDI files can often be used to generate a (rough) guitar
transcription electronically, in any key. It is easiest to begin an arrangement
this way. Many inexpensive programs do this, the best one being TablEdit.

You are most interested in Preludes? You will find the largest quantity of
"Preludes" through the "organ works" page. The sacred organ works BWV 599 to BWV
765 are almost all preludes composed around sacred melodies. Also the "keyboard
works" page will list the most famous preludes like the many "Little preludes"
and those of the
"Well-tempered clavier".

Always check the guitar pages first to see if there are already good
transcriptions of the piece you are interested in.

Please ask also if there's any piece you need help identifying.
Alan





--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, Nana Upik <mafia_murtad@y...>
wrote:
> Heyyo..
> I'm Ucrit, 21, a lady classical guitarist.
> I'm translating some sheets of preludes into my own variety.
> Do you have some preludes??
>
> Thanx. a. lot.
>
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Hello everybody,

As you all know by now, I'm a terrible procrastinator. Although I
spend hours each week arranging Bach, and dozens of pieces are
complete, I haven't posted any of them in years because I am constantly revising
and improving. I just can't seem to let go of them.

So, I now resolve to start posting at least two pieces each month
for the next few months, starting in October. I'll do my best to
stick to this through
2005 at least.

As for the rest of my website, it has continued to grow. Speaking of
procrastination, I just realized that I neglected to announce last
month's updates to the site! In August several dozen scores of Bach
were added to the index, and at least 20 guitar arrangements. Also,
some important websites for scores had moved or changed links, such
as the "complete cantatas" site of Tom Zane. These links were also
updated last month. For full details on the update history, see
http://alan.melvin.com/whatsnew.htm

regards,
Alan Melvin
http://alan.melvin.com

I'm studying for my masters in guitar pedagogy and so i'm trying to
learn an entire bach lute suite for the masters recital(Lute Suite
1006).  So I'm curious about how far along other people are with
playing bach and any stories they have.  Jeez I must have at least
spent a year alone trying to play the prelude.  The first time I heard
the John Williams version I was like (insert scaredy smiley
here)...but now it's not so bad.....as long as I play half as fast as
he does. LOL.  So any stories would be appreciated.

I'm studying for my masters in guitar pedagogy and so i'm trying to
learn an entire bach lute suite for the masters recital(Lute Suite
1006).  So I'm curious about how far along other people are with
playing bach and any stories they have.  Jeez I must have at least
spent a year alone trying to play the prelude.  The first time I heard
the John Williams version I was like (insert scaredy smiley
here)...but now it's not so bad.....as long as I play half as fast as
he does. LOL.  So any stories would be appreciated.

I'm studying for my masters in guitar pedagogy and so i'm trying to
learn an entire bach lute suite for the masters recital(Lute Suite
1006).  So I'm curious about how far along other people are with
playing bach and any stories they have.  Jeez I must have at least
spent a year alone trying to play the prelude.  The first time I heard
the John Williams version I was like (insert scaredy smiley
here)...but now it's not so bad.....as long as I play half as fast as
he does. LOL.  So any stories would be appreciated.

Well, the best I can do is offer my own personal
perspective....

I learned classical violin as a child, gave it up as a
teenager and learned rock guitar, then gave up rock
guitar for classical at 18, learning by sheet and tab,
but mostly tab (once I found Weed's Classical Guitar
Page). I never took lessons, nor did I attempt to
follow any kinda program. After about a year of
learning songs by various composers - Tarrega,
Barrios, Sor, Dowland, Villa-Lobos, Weiss - I almost
exclusively began playing Bach.

Some songs came easy, some didn't - 2-part invention
in Am was a jaunty breeze, as was most of the Lute
Suite in Em, but I never even TRIED BWV 1006. Partly
because I dislike most major compositions, and partly
because well, it looked hard.. as hell. So, I
sympathize if it's taken you a year to get it even
partly done.

I spent many, many, many months trying to perfect the
Chaconne in Dm, on guitar. I could never quite
memorize the Dmaj section though, so I never got it
down pat.

More recently I've been more interested in
transcribing Bach's other non-lute works for guitar,
such as the violin suites and even some of the piano
and organ works. I'm still working on my arrangement
of the Sinfonia in Cm (3-part invention, on guitar,
ouch!) but others, such as that Bach Fugue in Em from
BWV 1003, worked out beautifully. And those songs
required many weeks or months of constant practice
just to get to a decent performance, by no means
Williams, Bream or whatever. (Parkening can suck a big
one.. I don't like his method or his style. But that's
for another day).

Eventually I got tired of the admittedly rather
limited polyphonic options available to one on the
guitar and have been trying to learn the piano for a
year now - exclusively Bach of course, preludes and
fugues from the WTC Bk 1. Now *that* is some hard
s**t. But that's a story for another day...

Jonathan B.

--- Tommie Boy <Dauphinplayer@...> wrote:

> I'm studying for my masters in guitar pedagogy and
> so i'm trying to
> learn an entire bach lute suite for the masters
> recital(Lute Suite
> 1006).  So I'm curious about how far along other
> people are with
> playing bach and any stories they have.  Jeez I must
> have at least
> spent a year alone trying to play the prelude.  The
> first time I heard
> the John Williams version I was like (insert scaredy
> smiley
> here)...but now it's not so bad.....as long as I
> play half as fast as
> he does. LOL.  So any stories would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>

Well, the best I can do is offer my own personal
perspective....

I learned classical violin as a child, gave it up as a
teenager and learned rock guitar, then gave up rock
guitar for classical at 18, learning by sheet and tab,
but mostly tab (once I found Weed's Classical Guitar
Page). I never took lessons, nor did I attempt to
follow any kinda program. After about a year of
learning songs by various composers - Tarrega,
Barrios, Sor, Dowland, Villa-Lobos, Weiss - I almost
exclusively began playing Bach.

Some songs came easy, some didn't - 2-part invention
in Am was a jaunty breeze, as was most of the Lute
Suite in Em, but I never even TRIED BWV 1006. Partly
because I dislike most major compositions, and partly
because well, it looked hard.. as hell. So, I
sympathize if it's taken you a year to get it even
partly done.

I spent many, many, many months trying to perfect the
Chaconne in Dm, on guitar. I could never quite
memorize the Dmaj section though, so I never got it
down pat.

More recently I've been more interested in
transcribing Bach's other non-lute works for guitar,
such as the violin suites and even some of the piano
and organ works. I'm still working on my arrangement
of the Sinfonia in Cm (3-part invention, on guitar,
ouch!) but others, such as that Bach Fugue in Em from
BWV 1003, worked out beautifully. And those songs
required many weeks or months of constant practice
just to get to a decent performance, by no means
Williams, Bream or whatever. (Parkening can suck a big
one.. I don't like his method or his style. But that's
for another day).

Eventually I got tired of the admittedly rather
limited polyphonic options available to one on the
guitar and have been trying to learn the piano for a
year now - exclusively Bach of course, preludes and
fugues from the WTC Bk 1. Now *that* is some hard
s**t. But that's a story for another day...

Jonathan B.

--- Tommie Boy <Dauphinplayer@...> wrote:

> I'm studying for my masters in guitar pedagogy and
> so i'm trying to
> learn an entire bach lute suite for the masters
> recital(Lute Suite
> 1006).  So I'm curious about how far along other
> people are with
> playing bach and any stories they have.  Jeez I must
> have at least
> spent a year alone trying to play the prelude.  The
> first time I heard
> the John Williams version I was like (insert scaredy
> smiley
> here)...but now it's not so bad.....as long as I
> play half as fast as
> he does. LOL.  So any stories would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>

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