Hi,, I'm ucrit, 21, F, Jakarta

I'm very interesting in Bach preludes, but in fact, i find some difficulties in getting his musical notes (originally writing, i suggested). I need some help,, thanx you.

Hi, Josh!

I'm ucrit. Congrats for your new book. I'm so interesting in it. How could i get one?

Thanx.

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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.

HI Everyone.
I'm sitting ATCL Recital exam in the summer and one of the works i am
doing is Bach's Prelude Fugue and Allegro (BWV998). I was wondering
does anyone have
1. Thoughts on the interpretation of this work on guitar, interesting
versions etc
2. Technical advice i.e Tempo, if/where dynamics should be applied
etc..
3. Good background info, essays on the work as i have to construct
programme notes for the exam.
Thanks All,
John

Hi John,

Although BWV998 was written 'pour la Luth o Cembal', Bach wrote it towards
the end of 1730 for its performance in a strange hybrid instrument: the
harpsichord-luthe that he was investigating with an instrument constructor
by then. After Bach's death, Johann Friedrich Agricola wrote that he had
seen in 1740 a harpsichord-luthe designed by Bach and played by Zacharias
Hildebrandt. The instrument was smaller than a harpsichord.

From his collaboration with instrument constructors, another instrument was
improved: the pianoforte.

Ref. Christoph Wolff: "J.S.Bach, the wise musician"

Good luck,
Fernando.


>From: "the_everfalling_dust" <the_everfalling_dust@...>
>Reply-To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
>To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [bachforguitar] Prelude Fugue and Allegro Help
>Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:35:54 -0000
>
>HI Everyone.
>I'm sitting ATCL Recital exam in the summer and one of the works i am
>doing is Bach's Prelude Fugue and Allegro (BWV998). I was wondering
>does anyone have
>1. Thoughts on the interpretation of this work on guitar, interesting
>versions etc
>2. Technical advice i.e Tempo, if/where dynamics should be applied
>etc..
>3. Good background info, essays on the work as i have to construct
>programme notes for the exam.
>Thanks All,
>John
>
>
>
>
>

Hi,

I can point you to a facsimile of the autograph manuscript, and to
at least one article on interpretation, and several arrangements.

I've put the facsimile of this (and of manuscripts to other lute and
violin works) online. For the moment they are at Google Base:

http://base.google.com/base/search?authorid=1046604

(That link is not yet included on Bach for Guitar's main site,
because I haven't yet decided if Google Base is a good permanent
home. If I move them, I'll post the new location.)

As for the articles and arrangements they are linked to from Bach
for Guitar's main site. The links are listed under BWV 998 on
the "lute works"-"guitar versions" page there, specifically

http://alan.melvin.com/g995.htm

The article by a Jonathan Leathwood is written around the prelude of
BWV 998. This guitarist offers a thought-provoking perspective on
interpreting Bach's intended note-lengths versus the way he notates;
it is an essential issue to think about and one every guitarist has
to decide for himself.

The other article listed, by Philip Hii, is about slurring practices
in baroque music and includes and includes just a brief example from
BWV 998.

Alan

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "the_everfalling_dust"
<the_everfalling_dust@y...> wrote:
>
> HI Everyone.
> I'm sitting ATCL Recital exam in the summer and one of the works i
am
> doing is Bach's Prelude Fugue and Allegro (BWV998). I was
wondering
> does anyone have
> 1. Thoughts on the interpretation of this work on guitar,
interesting
> versions etc
> 2. Technical advice i.e Tempo, if/where dynamics should be applied
> etc..
> 3. Good background info, essays on the work as i have to construct
> programme notes for the exam.
> Thanks All,
> John
>

New Guitar Festival will start in Hungary!
Look the site: Balatonfured International Guitar Festival - you can find also a downloadable video there!

Downloadable Bach mp3s on the artistic director's homepage: THERE!

[Moderators note: I hope you don't mind: I changed the subject heading. The artistic director for this festival is József Eötvös, and the MP3s are sample movements from his Bach guitar CDs (transcriptions of the Art of Fugue, the Goldberg Variations, and some Lute Suites).]

Hello everybody,

Over the last week I have revised the web guide. I've updated many
links (including Betancourt's Chaconne arr.), added a few more
(including new Faucher MIDIs, Weed's tablatures, and Thomas Koenig's
Chaconne arr.) and marked "broken" any links that aren't working
lately. For details, see:

http://alan.melvin.com/whatsnew.htm

I've also added a new page for manuscripts, in which I've posted
scans of some of the most important ones for the "lute" works:

http://alan.melvin.com/manuscripts.htm

enjoy,
Alan Melvin
Bach for Guitar website - http://alan.melvin.com

P.S. - As for my own transcriptions, I just haven't had time for a
while now. Sorry I didn't keep my "resolution" about posting them.
One of these days I'll file for copyright on the latest ones and
post them- when life is a little less busy.

hello alan and thank you !!!!!!!!!!!
a tousand times *lol* 1000 ... humour !!

i transcribed that fugue in 1981 !!! into Em as at the time the Am
version was way too difficult for me.. and the problem is i never
liked the Am version afterwards... so now that i have discovered your
wonderful site and transcription... i am going to play proudly ... i
felt really ashamed to play that beauty in Em instead of Am.. well,
since you pointed out it was written originally for the violin and in
Gm... i certainly can play it on my Pappalardo classical guitar in
Em...
so again Bwv 1000 thanks

hello ucrit,

         do you have the prelude number one from the well tempered
keyboard , i transcribed it long ago for the guitar, with sixth string
dropped in D (it's in C major, and is used to accompany gounod's Ave
Maria too)

i can send you the midi or the overture file or even Encore file or
melody assistant... but i dont know the rules in the group yet .. so
ill wait for alan to tell...

so good bye for now
>

Jacques (and everyone),

Anyone who wants to share files can do so. There are two ways to do
this:

1) If you want to post a file for the Group, please send it to me
for
approval. I haven't written rules for this; I'll have to make up
rules
as I go.

2) If instead you just want to share with an individual, you can
contact them (by clicking their name), and offer them the file if
they
are willing to reply to you with their email address.)

Alan
P.S. - That Prelude you're talking about is BWV 846/1 (that is, BWV
846 movement 1). There are about eleven guitar arrangements of that
one indexed in the Web Guide of the main site http://alan.melvin.com
under "keyboard works - guitar versions".

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "jacques andre" <mayabis@...>
wrote:
>
>  hello ucrit,
>
>         do you have the prelude number one from the well tempered
> keyboard , i transcribed it long ago for the guitar, with sixth
string
> dropped in D (it's in C major, and is used to accompany gounod's
Ave
> Maria too)
>
> i can send you the midi or the overture file or even Encore file
or
> melody assistant... but i dont know the rules in the group yet ..
so
> ill wait for alan to tell...
>
> so good bye for now
> >
>

à l'attention de Mr jacques André.

bonjour mr André,

Comme vous pouvez le constater,je m'adresse à vous en français,l'anglais n'étant vraiment pas ma langue de prédilection contrairement aux autres membres de ce forum.Je ne sais si vous donnerez suite à cette missive électronique,mais je recherche actuellement les enregistrements des oeuvres de j-s Bach pour guitare, et tout particulièrement  la Bvw 542 .Pourriez-vous me suggérer quelques reférençes d'artistes?D'autre part,concernant la Bvw 542,je serai intéreressé par l'achat de cette partition.Auriez-vous une idée à ce propos?

Vous remerciant de m'avoir lu.

Amicalement

Jacques Caroff.

cher ami guitariste,

merci de votre message... je ne connaissais pas la fugue BWV 542.. mais avec Bach, quoi d'étonnant.. voici la partition pour clavier en format PDF et le fichier midi. en pièces jointes, et en fichiers compressés (zip ou rar)

pour la partition guitare je vais pourquivre mes recherches

pour un enregistrement, je crois que Emmanuel rossfelder l'a enregistrée, ...à confirmer

jacques-andre
 

à bientot

Jacques (and the other Jacques),

Sorry for jumping in here in English (I only remember enough French
to read a little) but I wanted to let you know there is a MIDI file
for a guitar version of the fugue from this work (Prelude and Fugue
BWV 542).

According to Gilles Louise, he has set the work for two guitars.
This MIDI is located at the Classical Guitar MIDI archives:
http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/

As for the organ version, the attachments you were trying to send
(PDF and MIDI) from an organ edition (public domain, from the
Mutopia site) were removed by Yahoo! In order to prevent Yahoo! from
deleting attachments this way, it seems you must send them to the
email address of an individual (such as to Jacques or to me).

However, you can locate all of the abovementioned files (and many
more for organ) on the web for download, simply by browsing the
lists at http://alan.melvin.com . For example, organ editions are
all linked on the sub-page http://alan.melvin.com/n525.htm .

Regards,
Alan Melvin

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, Jacques Andre PAUVERT
<mayabis@...> wrote:
>
>
> cher ami guitariste,
> merci de votre message... je ne connaissais pas la fugue BWV 542..
mais avec Bach, quoi d'étonnant.. voici la partition pour clavier
en format PDF et le fichier midi. en pièces jointes, et en fichiers
compressés (zip ou rar)
>
> pour la partition guitare je vais pourquivre mes recherches
> pour un enregistrement, je crois que Emmanuel rossfelder l'a
enregistrée, ...à confirmer
>
> jacques-andre
>
> à bientot
>

Dear group members,

If you want to attach files to a message, please send your message to
one or more individuals (group members or me) but _not_ to the entire
group.

I would then be happy to post approved files on our Yahoo! Group for
all to download.

If you send the attachment to the entire group, however, it goes to
everyone's personal inbox. This may anger some members. If so, I
apologize for not addressing this issue before, and I ask that we all
try to avoid this from happening.

Thanks for your patience and understanding on this,
Alan Melvin

dear alan and group members...

my apology for posting in French .. i didnt realize Everyone would have to read in my language whereas it's an international group... but Alan i see you understood everything .. congrats..

as for the answer and links you provided , excellent ..many thanks... i am sure the other Jacques (my fellow frenchman) I am sure he will be happy with them.; i was surprised Gilles Louise's transcription was for one guitar only... the fugue seems to have at least 4 if not 5 voices... so once again thank you for making things clear

bye alan...

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Hello members I am Daniel from Scotland . I have been playing
classical guitar from age ten . I have nearly  made a Bach harpsichord
transciption for guitar, One as far as i know never done before I am
looking for lute music of Charles Mouton  of France 17 century. thank
you.

Welcome Enrico,

I would probably agree with you on (1), but the blues would soon come back.

You can send music directly to my email; I will look it over and see if I can
find any corrections to make before it gets posted here. The rule on copyrights
is: Whoever's name is on the copyright (if there is one) needs to give me
permission.

Anyone can arrange Bach and add a copyright on the arrangement. For more
information visit whatiscopyright.org .

regards,
Alan
P.S. - Nice-looking guitar (at http://profiles.yahoo.com/silvestrien ). What
tuning(s) do you use on a seven-string classical?

----- Original Message -----

From: Enrico
To: "Alan Melvin"
Subject: Re: New rule about attachments
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:53:42 -0000


Hi Alan,

I just want to introduce myself. My musical characteristics:

1. If I had to give up J. S. Bach's music or all other music, as
exclusive alternatives, I would give up all the rest.
2. I could lose everything but my 7-string red spruce Brazilian
rosewood mahogany ebony Waverley tuners guitar (see photo in my
profile).

I have not yet browsed your site with arrangements, info, etc.,
which I will soon do of course. I have some arrangements done by
myself, what are the rules for attachments, copyrights (?),
etc. ..., if any?

I am already a member of 10string guitar Yahoo Group, I hope to
enjoy being a member here, too.

Enrico Silvestri


--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Melvin" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> Dear group members,
>
> If you want to attach files to a message, please send your message
to
> one or more individuals (group members or me) but _not_ to the
entire
> group.
>
> I would then be happy to post approved files on our Yahoo! Group
for
> all to download.
>
> If you send the attachment to the entire group, however, it goes
to
> everyone's personal inbox. This may anger some members. If so, I
> apologize for not addressing this issue before, and I ask that we
all
> try to avoid this from happening.
>
> Thanks for your patience and understanding on this,
> Alan Melvin
>

Welcome Enrico,

I would probably agree with you on (1), but the blues would soon come back.

You can send music directly to my email; I will look it over and see if I can
find any corrections to make before it gets posted here. The rule on copyrights
is: Whoever's name is on the copyright (if there is one) needs to give me
permission.

Anyone can arrange Bach and add a copyright on the arrangement. For more
information visit whatiscopyright.org .

regards,
Alan
P.S. - Nice-looking guitar (at http://profiles.yahoo.com/silvestrien ). What
tuning(s) do you use on a seven-string classical?

----- Original Message -----

From: Enrico
To: "Alan Melvin"
Subject: Re: New rule about attachments
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:53:42 -0000


Hi Alan,

I just want to introduce myself. My musical characteristics:

1. If I had to give up J. S. Bach's music or all other music, as
exclusive alternatives, I would give up all the rest.
2. I could lose everything but my 7-string red spruce Brazilian
rosewood mahogany ebony Waverley tuners guitar (see photo in my
profile).

I have not yet browsed your site with arrangements, info, etc.,
which I will soon do of course. I have some arrangements done by
myself, what are the rules for attachments, copyrights (?),
etc. ..., if any?

I am already a member of 10string guitar Yahoo Group, I hope to
enjoy being a member here, too.

Enrico Silvestri


--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Melvin" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> Dear group members,
>
> If you want to attach files to a message, please send your message
to
> one or more individuals (group members or me) but _not_ to the
entire
> group.
>
> I would then be happy to post approved files on our Yahoo! Group
for
> all to download.
>
> If you send the attachment to the entire group, however, it goes
to
> everyone's personal inbox. This may anger some members. If so, I
> apologize for not addressing this issue before, and I ask that we
all
> try to avoid this from happening.
>
> Thanks for your patience and understanding on this,
> Alan Melvin
>

Hi Alan,

I noticed you already have some of my arrangements in MIDI format at
your site from http://www.classicalarchives.com/.

{MODERATOR'S NOTE: Actually, my site http://alan.melvin.com only links to the
other sites (such as that one). So I don't re-post the actual files, and
(whenever possible) I don't hotlink to the files either. I just send you to the
sites that have them. Sorry for the interruption, but I just wanted everyone to
know I care.}

I just came across
the Allemande (1st mov.) and Courante (2nd mov.) of the 1st French
Suite BWV812 which I submitted some time ago to CMA. Although only
the courante is referenced to as for 7-string guitar, also the
Allemande is so (if you open the MIDI file, you'll notice that
immediately).

The tuning of the 7th for those 2 pieces is given as D in the
versions with the Archives. In reality, I have a more recent and
better (I'd dare say good) transcription of tha Allemande, which
requires 7th tuned at C (and no other). In the previous version I
had sacrificed a passage with a low C2 in the 3rd voice, which never
satisfied me.

Another example (not in the Archives) is a transcription of mine of
Gavotte I from BWV995 (transposed to a minor), which requires 7th at
B1, and no other way. You may be surprised that it is not A1, but I
assure you it works well with B1.

At the CMA you can now also find my guitar (6-string) transcription
of 3rd movement of BWV992 (Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved
Brother, for keyboard), "Adagissimo". Unfortunately, I did not send
the final version by mistake, so it has some slight imperfections. I
hope I can replace it soon with the final version.

The tuning I favour is B1. It is the standard tuning for modern/jazz
chords which use the 7th, no other way.

I also want to experiment terz tuning on 6 strings and D2 on 7th:
one gets (from hi to lo) G4-D4-A3(instead of Bb3)-F3-C3-G2-D2. You
will notice that the strings from 2nd to 7th are tuned one tone
below an ordinary 6-string. This means that one can read scores
transposed to a (e) minor for 6-string guitar, and get g (d) minor
playing on strings from 2nd to 7th. The 1st string G4 helps for
upper positions. Such a guitar spans over exactly 4 octaves from D2
to D6, lower and higher than an ordinary 6-string guitar, while with
ordinary tuning and 7th at B1, it spans from B1 to B5 (4 octaves a
minor 3rd lower, obviously).

Should I send some scores in pdf of the pieces I talked about to you
directly? (I must find the time to pdf them, because they are scores
in the format of the MIDI sequencing software that I use). How do I
attach a file from the Yahoo message text editor, by the way?

Regards,

Enrico

--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Melvin" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> Welcome Enrico,
>
> I would probably agree with you on (1), but the blues would soon
come back.
>
> You can send music directly to my email; I will look it over and
see if I can find any corrections to make before it gets posted
here. The rule on copyrights is: Whoever's name is on the copyright
(if there is one) needs to give me permission.
>
> Anyone can arrange Bach and add a copyright on the arrangement.
For more information visit whatiscopyright.org .
>
> regards,
> Alan
> P.S. - Nice-looking guitar (at
http://profiles.yahoo.com/silvestrien ). What tuning(s) do you use
on a seven-string classical?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Enrico
> To: "Alan Melvin"
> Subject: Re: New rule about attachments
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:53:42 -0000
>
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> I just want to introduce myself. My musical characteristics:
>
> 1. If I had to give up J. S. Bach's music or all other music, as
> exclusive alternatives, I would give up all the rest.
> 2. I could lose everything but my 7-string red spruce Brazilian
> rosewood mahogany ebony Waverley tuners guitar (see photo in my
> profile).
>
> I have not yet browsed your site with arrangements, info, etc.,
> which I will soon do of course. I have some arrangements done by
> myself, what are the rules for attachments, copyrights (?),
> etc. ..., if any?
>
> I am already a member of 10string guitar Yahoo Group, I hope to
> enjoy being a member here, too.
>
> Enrico Silvestri
>
>
> --- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Melvin" <alan@> wrote:
> >
> > Dear group members,
> >
> > If you want to attach files to a message, please send your
message
> to
> > one or more individuals (group members or me) but _not_ to the
> entire
> > group.
> >
> > I would then be happy to post approved files on our Yahoo! Group
> for
> > all to download.
> >
> > If you send the attachment to the entire group, however, it goes
> to
> > everyone's personal inbox. This may anger some members. If so, I
> > apologize for not addressing this issue before, and I ask that we
> all
> > try to avoid this from happening.
> >
> > Thanks for your patience and understanding on this,
> > Alan Melvin
> >
>

Dear alan, I would like to be emailed Enrico's transcriptions as well
I play about 36  lute suites of S  L Weiss on guitar.-and Bach lute
works.I have thought about those extra strings.I think i could ad some-
some modification an an old classical guitar.And where do i get those
lower strings thank you.mantagna6

I don't think the Yahoo! editor will let you attach, but using any
other email you can write to me at:

  bachforguitar-owner@yahoogroups.com

You can also post to the group (but no attachments please) with

  bachforguitar@...

Any attachments should be sent to the first address (so, just to me),
not the second. Then I can put the files online if they are OK.

Thanks,
Alan


--- In bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Enrico" <silvestrien@...> wrote:
>
> Should I send some scores in pdf of the pieces I talked about to you
> directly? (I must find the time to pdf them, because they are scores
> in the format of the MIDI sequencing software that I use). How do I
> attach a file from the Yahoo message text editor, by the way?
>

Hi (classical) guitar lovers
I'm new here and want to inform you about my favourite guitarist:

Classical guitar player Raphaella Smits is really an `uncommonly musical
guitarist' (not
only because the NY Times said so). And the French magazine Diapason says she's
`one of
the most delicate and most cultivated performers of our time'.

An advocate of 8-string guitars and historical instruments (7- and 8-strings),
she has an
enormous talent, many years of performing experience worldwide and her 15th
album on
the way.

As members of this group are Bach-afficionados, I can tell you that Raphaella is
a great
Bach interpreter. Last fall Raphaella was headliner at GFA Convention 2005 and
played a
marvellous Ciaconna (BWV 1002).
Her next visits to the United States are planned in December 2006 (including
concert and
master class in Baltimore, MD) and in March 2007 (New York, NY). If you happen
to live on
the American East coast, this could be a perfect opportunity to meet and to get
to know
this great musician.

In the meantime you can visit my website dedicated to `La Smits'. So far 32.000
visitors
from 115 different countries (!!) came by for site-seeing. So, welcome at
www.rsmits.com !

Looking forward to hear from you …
Rene

PS: If you have a guitar duo, you may be interested in the Bubenreuth guitar duo
competition. More info at Raphaella Smits' news pages.

Hello, again!
My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds:
acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite
composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of
him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with
different others.
If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not
a professional at all, please have it in mind :-))
--
Kirill Smorodin.

[MODERATOR'S NOTE: Brackets indicate clarification after checking with Kirill.]

My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds: acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with different others. If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not a professional at all, please have it in mind :-)) 

Dear Joseph,

Thanks for your quick reply! I visited your site at once even before I finished
reading the letter. It was very interesting to know new about Johann Sebastian
Bachs' privat life episodes. And the way they positively affected on his
creative work. I suppose I am eager to listen to this Chaconne now because I
have had no idea of it before. Frankly speaking, I know just a few of his
compositions, but they seem to be different from others with their illusive
easiness, but perfect melody. His things like Paganinis' suits to guitar more
than any others. Maybe it is because violin is a relative to a guitar...
Anyway, now I am beginning to read your site more closely... Thank you!

Kirill




   ----- Original Message -----
   From: jmast
   To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:43 PM
   Subject: Re: [bachforguitar] Guitar playing...


   Hello Kirill,
   I'm also a classical guitarist, non professional, and Bach lover. I wrote a
fiction novel about Bach's Chaconne. It tells the story of how the Chaconne
effects the life of the protagonist, and in alternating chapters, an
historically accurate, but fictional account of Bach's life, and how he came to
compose it. If you go to the book site: http://www.chaconne.us/   You can listen
to the music, see a book clip, and read sample chapters. If you find it
interesting, I'd be happy to send you a complimentary copy, if you send your
address. If you enjoy reading it, perhaps you could recommend it to others, and
spread the word, in your country.

   Best  regards,

   Joseph

   Kirill wrote:
   Hello, again!


My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds:
acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite
composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of
him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with
different others.
If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not
a professional at all, please have it in mind :-))

Dear Joseph,

Thanks for your quick reply! I visited your site at once even before I finished reading the letter. It was very interesting to know new about Johann Sebastian Bachs' privat life episodes. And the way they positively affected on his creative work. I suppose I am eager to listen to this Chaconne now because I have had no idea of it before. Frankly speaking, I know just a few of his compositions, but they seem to be different from others with their illusive easiness, but perfect melody. His things like Paganinis' suits to guitar more than any others. Maybe it is because violin is a relative to a guitar...
Anyway, now I am beginning to read your site more closely... Thank you!

Kirill

----- Original Message -----
From: jmast
To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [bachforguitar] Guitar playing...

Hello Kirill,
I'm also a classical guitarist, non professional, and Bach lover. I wrote a fiction novel about Bach's Chaconne. It tells the story of how the Chaconne effects the life of the protagonist, and in alternating chapters, an historically accurate, but fictional account of Bach's life, and how he came to compose it. If you go to the book site: http://www.chaconne.us/ You can listen to the music, see a book clip, and read sample chapters. If you find it interesting, I'd be happy to send you a complimentary copy, if you send your address. If you enjoy reading it, perhaps you could recommend it to others, and spread the word, in your country.

Best regards,

Joseph

Kirill wrote:
Hello, again!

My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds: acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with different others.
If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not a professional at all, please have it in mind :-))

I'm happy to introduce you to this wonderful composition. Yes, violin and cello music are well suited to the guitar. I suspect if the guitar were available then, Bach may have created many of his works for our instrument. If you listen to the Chaconne on violin, and then on guitar you may find. as I do, it is much more beautiful on guitar, because the bow has to skip across the strings with cords, and loses the richness and nuance of the harmonics. Of course, it requires very good technique to hold the melody in the different voices, and to make them legato on guitar. After you have looked at the book site in more detail. If you want me to send a gift copy of the book, please email a mailing address.

Joseph

Kcrayon wrote:

Dear Joseph,

Thanks for your quick reply! I visited your site at once even before I finished reading the letter. It was very interesting to know new about Johann Sebastian Bachs' privat life episodes. And the way they positively affected on his creative work. I suppose I am eager to listen to this Chaconne now because I have had no idea of it before. Frankly speaking, I know just a few of his compositions, but they seem to be different from others with their illusive easiness, but perfect melody. His things like Paganinis' suits to guitar more than any others. Maybe it is because violin is a relative to a guitar...
Anyway, now I am beginning to read your site more closely... Thank you!

Kirill

----- Original Message -----
From: jmast
To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [bachforguitar] Guitar playing...

Hello Kirill,
I'm also a classical guitarist, non professional, and Bach lover. I wrote a fiction novel about Bach's Chaconne. It tells the story of how the Chaconne effects the life of the protagonist, and in alternating chapters, an historically accurate, but fictional account of Bach's life, and how he came to compose it. If you go to the book site: http://www.chaconne.us/ You can listen to the music, see a book clip, and read sample chapters. If you find it interesting, I'd be happy to send you a complimentary copy, if you send your address. If you enjoy reading it, perhaps you could recommend it to others, and spread the word, in your country.

Best regards,

Joseph

Kirill wrote:
Hello, again!

My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds: acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with different others.
If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not a professional at all, please have it in mind :-))

I'm happy to introduce you to this wonderful composition. Yes, violin and cello music are well suited to the guitar. I suspect if the guitar were available then, Bach may have created many of his works for our instrument. If you listen to the Chaconne on violin, and then on guitar you may find. as I do, it is much more beautiful on guitar, because the bow has to skip across the strings with cords, and loses the richness and nuance of the harmonics. Of course, it requires very good technique to hold the melody in the different voices, and to make them legato on guitar. After you have looked at the book site in more detail. If you want me to send a gift copy of the book, please email a mailing address.

Joseph

Kcrayon wrote:

Dear Joseph,

Thanks for your quick reply! I visited your site at once even before I finished reading the letter. It was very interesting to know new about Johann Sebastian Bachs' privat life episodes. And the way they positively affected on his creative work. I suppose I am eager to listen to this Chaconne now because I have had no idea of it before. Frankly speaking, I know just a few of his compositions, but they seem to be different from others with their illusive easiness, but perfect melody. His things like Paganinis' suits to guitar more than any others. Maybe it is because violin is a relative to a guitar...
Anyway, now I am beginning to read your site more closely... Thank you!

Kirill

----- Original Message -----
From: jmast
To: bachforguitar@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [bachforguitar] Guitar playing...

Hello Kirill,
I'm also a classical guitarist, non professional, and Bach lover. I wrote a fiction novel about Bach's Chaconne. It tells the story of how the Chaconne effects the life of the protagonist, and in alternating chapters, an historically accurate, but fictional account of Bach's life, and how he came to compose it. If you go to the book site: http://www.chaconne.us/ You can listen to the music, see a book clip, and read sample chapters. If you find it interesting, I'd be happy to send you a complimentary copy, if you send your address. If you enjoy reading it, perhaps you could recommend it to others, and spread the word, in your country.

Best regards,

Joseph

Kirill wrote:
Hello, again!

My name is Kirill. I live in Russia and fond of playing a guitar of all kinds: acoustic, electric, [classical]... to name but a few. Well, one of my favourite composers transcripted for classical guitar is [J.S.]Bach. I play not much of him, but his tunes sound very interesting, espesially in comparison with different others.
If anybody likes to speak about a guitar-playing, I would be glad. But I am not a professional at all, please have it in mind :-))

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