Showing posts with label Bach Suite III Gigue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bach Suite III Gigue. Show all posts

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Bach Suite III Gigue

Love the first page of the gigue; jury is still out on page two. B indicated it is supposed to be more cerebral, but I'm just not sure I like it.

Have all the correct bowings from B.

Page 1

Make sure to slur the string crossings and be smooth; I was too jerky. In the "boot strap" section, lift the bow back to the frog for maximum effect. Use 1/2/4 in top line chord, not 1/3/4.

Pull the slurs in "boot strap"

Use flycasting techniques. Move the bow a lot, but don't spend much time on the strings.

Page 2

Hopefully as I play better this will begin to appeal to me. Fixed the bowings to match what B has in her music. In top line, E, CG chord, E, play C as a "heroic C" and make sure to use lots of bow and skip the bow. Can start the string crossing section (both pages) slowly and then build up speed.