WEEK 3: Heavenly Harmonies of J.S.Bach! 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of the J.S.Bach Challenge! This is the place to post submissions of the third week!
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Hi, friends! For this 4th week I did something different (for me, at least). I listened to some pieces for clavichord and choose one to transcribe for two guitars.
…And the Oscar goes to... BWV 930 Prelude!!
I didn't find any recording with guitar or guitar duo, just pianos and clavichords. Maybe that is the WORLD PREMIERE of BWV 930 for guitar duo...
Most recordings are at 90 BPM. To be honest, I prefer a bit faster, 100 or even so 120, but I followed the crowd.
I discovered that is not easy to record a guitar duo video... Anyway, the result is below. No ornaments, just experimentation. For me, it was like a playground!
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Moyses Lopes Sounded fantastic and the sound balance was really good!
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Moyses Lopes I love it Moyses - brilliant!
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Moyses Lopes That was wonderful, Moyses! The sound was good and the contrapuntal texture really came out beautifully. That really opens up a big world of music to play.
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Moyses Lopes fantastic!!!!!!!!
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Moyses Lopes you and your twin brother play so well the guitar!!!! That was fantastic!!!
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Moyses Lopes This was really great Moyses! It sounded terrific. It must've been fun to do this. It reminded me of a video I've seen with Julian Bream playing a duet with himself - side by side:
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Steve Pederson That's awesome! Bream has the best face and body expressions when he plays!
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Wai , Thank you!
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- Derek Thank you, Derek!
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Eric Phillips I'll try another recording, faster, I guess the texture may sound better. We'll see...
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Nora Torres-Nagel Thank you, Nora!
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Steve Pederson It's a great video, thank you! Not just a great guitarist, Bream reveals himself as a great actor too!
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This version of the Prelude was done by Ponce for Segovia to bring out the music using the capabilities, beauty and poetry of the modern day guitar. I first heard it while watching (with my father) a Segovia Masterclass series on TV filmed in Santiago de Compostella, Spain in I think about 1965. Segovia played this for his students. IMO, it was a magical guitar moment.
I have played the bare bones version, but always wanted to learn this one. It was more difficult than expected and is still in process. Here it is!
End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
