Very informative. Baroque era of Bach music. Pedal point-new terms to me. Thank you for your ideas on adding dynamics in the score. Adding our own phrases. Very worthwhile site!!❤🎹
You don't need these discussions about baroque and pedal at all. “What I have to say about Bach's life's work: Listen, play, love, adore and - shut up!” (Albert Einstein)
Hi, Joseph! Greetings from a partly sunny and warm São Paulo, Brazil - nice e-meeting you! Your video on the Prelude in C minor has just popped up in my RUclips feed, and I'm so happy I've found your channel! Not only has I hit the thumbs-up button, but I have also subscribed to your channel. I'll try to binge watch your videos to catch up. In the meantime, it would be great if you consider making a tutorial video on the Sonata no.1 in G Major, Hob. XVI/8, by Haydn, one of these days. I would be really most appreciative! Please keep it up and all the best to you!
Hi Rodrigo! I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying our videos. Thank you for your suggestion. We will add it to our list of possible future videos. Happy playing!
Thanks. That was very helpful. I have been a long time away from the piano, but when I heard this piece, first on guitar (J. Bream), I got inspired, got 😢the music and WILL learn this piece. Thanks again. Great lesson.
It's taking me a long time to perform this one because my retention isn't great. I'll refer back to the sheet when I get stuck but then I forget what the notes/dots mean and I'm stuck sitting there scratching my head and referring back to the video instead of playing the song which generally doesn't go over well during the performance. The song is long enough where it is challenging to remember the entire piece.
The positions are tiny and it is very easy for me to play a c when it should be a D. The flats and sharps are of course challenging as well, with flats not repeating along a line. I'd say I rely more on Hoffman as opposed to the sheet, and when I do use the sheet, I continuously recite the alphabet forward and backward both aloud and in my head to try to cross reference that to what is written down and it becomes a frustrating mess.
I try to look for the "guide notes" but when I forget or can't recognize it I'm stuck playing the wrong chord. I've already referred to the difficulty associated with remembering the inversions. To add to that, I'm not particularly motivated to learn songs I don't like, and I'm not very fond of this one.
Pianos did not yet exist during J.S.Bach, only cembalos and clavicords. These instruments gave only a very very limited possibility for phrasing or for intensity control. So…???
The piano was invented around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, and J.S. Bach lived until 1750, so pianos did in fact exist at the time of Bach, and we know that Bach himself tried playing a piano. That said, you're right that other keyboard instruments were much more common, and those instruments did indeed have a very limited dynamic range. When I interpret Bach on the piano the question I like to ask is: if Bach had a piano like I have today, how do I think he'd play this? I think he would have taken full advantage of the wonderful dynamic range of the piano to make the music as expressive as possible.
Very informative. Baroque era of Bach music. Pedal point-new terms to me. Thank you for your ideas on adding dynamics in the score. Adding our own phrases. Very worthwhile site!!❤🎹
You don't need these discussions about baroque and pedal at all. “What I have to say about Bach's life's work: Listen, play, love, adore and - shut up!” (Albert Einstein)
Well, this is what I call "a good teacher". Thank you for your effort.
I appreciate that. Thanks for watching!
Hi, Joseph! Greetings from a partly sunny and warm São Paulo, Brazil - nice e-meeting you! Your video on the Prelude in C minor has just popped up in my RUclips feed, and I'm so happy I've found your channel! Not only has I hit the thumbs-up button, but I have also subscribed to your channel. I'll try to binge watch your videos to catch up. In the meantime, it would be great if you consider making a tutorial video on the Sonata no.1 in G Major, Hob. XVI/8, by Haydn, one of these days. I would be really most appreciative! Please keep it up and all the best to you!
Hi Rodrigo! I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying our videos. Thank you for your suggestion. We will add it to our list of possible future videos. Happy playing!
Thanks. That was very helpful. I have been a long time away from the piano, but when I heard this piece, first on guitar (J. Bream), I got inspired, got 😢the music and WILL learn this piece. Thanks again. Great lesson.
A good instructive tutorial, well done, and thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible lesson. Thank you so much.
merci beaucoup!!!
Cool. I am working on this piece now. I found it really hard to feel the pattern. But i got it now and i am trying to do it. Thanks for this video
Maravilha de aula! 🙏🏼❤️
It's taking me a long time to perform this one because my retention isn't great. I'll refer back to the sheet when I get stuck but then I forget what the notes/dots mean and I'm stuck sitting there scratching my head and referring back to the video instead of playing the song which generally doesn't go over well during the performance. The song is long enough where it is challenging to remember the entire piece.
The positions are tiny and it is very easy for me to play a c when it should be a D. The flats and sharps are of course challenging as well, with flats not repeating along a line. I'd say I rely more on Hoffman as opposed to the sheet, and when I do use the sheet, I continuously recite the alphabet forward and backward both aloud and in my head to try to cross reference that to what is written down and it becomes a frustrating mess.
I try to look for the "guide notes" but when I forget or can't recognize it I'm stuck playing the wrong chord. I've already referred to the difficulty associated with remembering the inversions. To add to that, I'm not particularly motivated to learn songs I don't like, and I'm not very fond of this one.
Talk too much
Pianos did not yet exist during J.S.Bach, only cembalos and clavicords. These instruments gave only a very very limited possibility for phrasing or for intensity control. So…???
The piano was invented around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, and J.S. Bach lived until 1750, so pianos did in fact exist at the time of Bach, and we know that Bach himself tried playing a piano. That said, you're right that other keyboard instruments were much more common, and those instruments did indeed have a very limited dynamic range. When I interpret Bach on the piano the question I like to ask is: if Bach had a piano like I have today, how do I think he'd play this? I think he would have taken full advantage of the wonderful dynamic range of the piano to make the music as expressive as possible.