Subject: Bach BWV846 Prelude n. 1

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:26:50 +0100

Dear collective wisdom,

I grew curious to hear how the well known Prelude in C major from Bach'
First Book of the Wohltemperierte Klavier (BWV846) would sound on a
baroque lute.

Before getting involved in such an exercise...: did any of you wise
lutenists already transcribed it for Baroque lute?

Thank you in advance!

Luca

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From: sterling price <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:23:25 +0000 (UTC)

I tried this prelude many years ago. I found that to do it in C major a
   low G was necessary.
   Sterling
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   From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
   To: [email-masked]
   Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 8:26 AM
   Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Bach BWV846 Prelude n. 1
   Dear collective wisdom,
   I grew curious to hear how the well known Prelude in C major from Bach'
   First Book of the Wohltemperierte Klavier (BWV846) would sound on a
   baroque lute.
   Before getting involved in such an exercise...: did any of you wise
   lutenists already transcribed it for Baroque lute?
   Thank you in advance!
   Luca
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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:30:47 -0600 (CST)

Dear Luca and All,
    Here's my version of the famous first prelude. Because it starts at a
   relatively high pitch, I've dropped it an octave until measure 16 (as
   do other transcriptions). I've tried to keep the notes one-to-a-string
   when possible to keep with the feel of the original, which makes some
   of the fingerings more difficult, but I think it is worth the effort.
   Of course you should feel free to alter them at will, as in measures 23
   or 28. In measure 28, the F# is better in tune played on the second
   string, at least for those of us with tempered tuning that uses a
   lowered fourth fret and a high first fret.
    The repeated low Cs in the final measures are actually meant to be
   broken in two, hitting the fundamental on the first beat and the octave
   on the second beat. I know this sounds difficult, but with a small
   amount of practice I found it is not hard at all.
    I hope people enjoy playing this wonderful piece.
   Jim Stimson

   On 12/20/15, [email-masked] wrote:

   Dear collective wisdom,

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:37:03 -0600 (CST)

Dear All,
    The PDF attachment of my arrangement of the prelude seems to have been
   stripped by our network system, so please let me know if you want a
   copy and I will e-mail it directly.
   Jim

   Dear collective wisdom,

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:45:21 +0100

Dear Jim,

 thank you for sharing!

All the best,

Luca

Il 2015-12-21 15:30 [email-masked] ha scritto:

> Dear Luca and All,
> Here's my version of the famous first prelude. Because it starts at a relatively high pitch, I've dropped it an octave until measure 16 (as do other transcriptions). I've tried to keep the notes one-to-a-string when possible to keep with the feel of the original, which makes some of the fingerings more difficult, but I think it is worth the effort. Of course you should feel free to alter them at will, as in measures 23 or 28. In measure 28, the F# is better in tune played on the second string, at least for those of us with tempered tuning that uses a lowered fourth fret and a high first fret.
> The repeated low Cs in the final measures are actually meant to be broken in two, hitting the fundamental on the first beat and the octave on the second beat. I know this sounds difficult, but with a small amount of practice I found it is not hard at all.
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/ [1]~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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