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Topic: Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book II No. 5 in D (Prelude)  (Read 5900 times)

Offline cardinals

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Still working on Fuga...I'll put it too when ready... :)

Any comments will be appreciated...
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Re: Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book II No. 5 in D (Prelude)
Reply #1 on: June 28, 2007, 04:48:35 AM
Still working on Fuga...I'll put it too when ready... :)

Any comments will be appreciated...

Like it so much!! And I can't wait you post the fugue.
Couldn't you increase the recording volume?
On some spots you're accelerating, that might be a tiny issue to fix.
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Re: Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book II No. 5 in D (Prelude)
Reply #2 on: June 28, 2007, 02:33:27 PM
I enjoyed listening!  Your runs are very clear, and I agree with quasimodo that in some spots you get a tiny bit faster, but it's not a big deal.

What did you use to record?  The reason why I ask is I just bought a MP3 Player, and when I try to record, the mic has to be a distance, or else you get that static sound (so annoying) and when I listen to it, it sounds like your recording.  I don't have a digital piano like most of the people on this board.

Anyway, great work!

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Re: Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book II No. 5 in D (Prelude)
Reply #3 on: June 28, 2007, 11:24:23 PM
this is full of vitality and life.  it's fun to listen to.  agreed about a few phrase endings that were like run-on sentences.  but, aside from that - wow.  really nice!  most of the phrasing was really great.

this is mostly a question for bach enthusiasts.  should one try to equally terrace dynamics in both directions?  say you have the bass going down - and then the treble going up.  do you try to use equal crescendos of dynamics or does that give too static of an effect?  could one alternate once in a while - making the lh or rh terrace higher at the peak?  almost like you are forcing the audience to fly a kite with you - and taking them through one hand and the other - but only one at a time?
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