WEEK 4: The Journey with J.S.Bach's Music! 🚊

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martin.3
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Welcome to the Main Thread for the last week of the J.S.Bach Challenge! This is the place to post submissions of the fourth week!

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BWV 996 Allemande

This is a pretty shaky recording of the first Lute Suite Allemande. I hope to try and get a better recording later tonight but I have not had good luck in trying to record this. At least it is the full Allemande and there are moments that hold up.
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  Wai Thanks Wai. Sometimes the trills flow and sometimes they don't.
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  Steve Pederson Thanks Steve. I try to memorize the pieces I want to keep in my repertoire.
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  Moyses Lopes Thanks Moyses. I still have memory lapses but it is getting better.
- Emma
  
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  Jack Stewart wonderful!!! Such a difficult piece!!! Your thrills are clean and a tempo!!! Congratulations, keep working on it. This, the homenaje, what a repertoire you are getting!!! Bravo!!!
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  Emma Thanks Emma. I just need to find time to clean all the pieces up but Tonebase keeps subjecting me to such great challenges and livestreams that I can never find the time.
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BWV 1002 Tempo di Borea

Continuing my tradition of shaky recordings. I've had this on my list for quite a while and am finally getting to it. It obviously needs a lot of work but it is within reach. I read thru its Double each morning s I know that is also possible though it will take considerably longer.
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  Jack Stewart This is already sounding very good, Jack. It's such dramatic and intense music.
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  Jack_Stewart
  
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  Eric Phillips It is very dramatic and has some very unusual harmonic sections. Bach keeps you guessing and on your toes!
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  Moses
  
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  Jack Stewart Good job, Jack! It's a hard piece to play, you're brave!
- joosje
  
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  Jack Stewart good playing, Jack. Not the easiest of pieces. But very interesting and, yes, dramatic. Good choice. Thank you.
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  Moyses Lopes Thanks Moyses. Brave or stupid. Sometimes the difference is a fine line.
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  joosje Thanks Joosje. It is the following piece to the BWV 1002 Saraband and Double I presented in. the 2nd Week.
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BWV 995 Gavottes I and II update

I finally made an update on these Gavottes (played without repeats). I think they are somewhat better.
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  Jack Stewart Well played, Jack. The left hand looks so difficult, with all those leaps, barres, and contortions.
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  Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. I decided to record these without repeats - to reduce my stress by half and increase the possibility of getting a decent recording.
- Barney
  
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  Jack Stewart Hey Jack, that was beautiful. You are doing a terrific job on the the Bach pieces you have posted. It seems like you also have memorized this, which is not easy. I really enoyed your excellent playing. Thanks!!
- Eric
  
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  Jack Stewart I tend to think of repeats as somewhat optional. That's part of our interpretive license, I say.
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  Moses
  
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  Jack Stewart Another great job, Jack! I agree with Eric, this seems to be very hard to play!
- joosje
  
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  Jack Stewart very good playing Jack. You make it sound easy! Even if it looks difficult….
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  Barney Thanks Barney. I really like Bach and am glad we were able to focus on his music for the month. I hope this is a recurring challenge. (I'm looking at you Martin)
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  joosje Thanks Joosje. But then, I didn't learn an ENTIRE suite!
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  Moyses Lopes Thanks Moyses, This has taken me a while and after several attempts I finally managed to get it, more or less, under controll.
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  Eric Phillips Interpretive license or mental health. I got so frustrated with recording these pieces so many times.
- Emma
  
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  Jack Stewart wonderful again, always keeping the rhythm and the beat. This one also keep practicing it so worth having and improving
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  Emma Thanks Emma. Yes I will keep this in my repertoire. Once I got control of it (more or less), it is fun to play.