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J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
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jazzyprof
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J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
on: June 25, 2005, 11:06:44 PM
By day I am a professor of electrical engineering and applied physics. In my early teens I taught myself to play piano. I've been taking classical piano lessons on and off for the past 3 years. Here's my first recording! I used an MXL 990 microphone about 2 inches from the hammers on the treble side. The mike was connected to a Tascam US-122 interface whose output went to a Windows laptop running Power Tracks Pro Audio (by PG Mucsic). The piano is a Yamaha C3 grand.
Your critical comments and feedback would be most welcome!
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Re: J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
Reply #1 on: June 25, 2005, 11:20:22 PM
the sound quality is awsome very regular , pretty good i love it, it's relaxing
remember that bach was executing on a clavecin with same level of sound on each note.
verry good
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jazzyprof
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Re: J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
Reply #2 on: June 25, 2005, 11:55:16 PM
Thank you Doc! I will work on acquiring greater evenness of tone. Indeed I can hear some of the notes jumping out at me.
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Re: J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
Reply #3 on: June 27, 2005, 06:57:04 PM
Well done, Professor! I like very much this Allemande and the ones from the 1st and 5th French Suites. Serene and stable rhythm, maybe you want to try a little more energic one. Some hesitant notes in the first part, which prevented you of a better phrasing in a couple of bars. I particularly like the bass in this piece, but it was not highlighted enough, surely by the placement of the mic. I think you are ready to add some embellishments notes.
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Re: J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
Reply #4 on: June 28, 2005, 01:11:58 PM
Rafant, thanks a lot for your comments and suggestions. Yes, I was a little hesitant at first (all that adrenalin!) so the beginning was shaky. I think I can also go a little faster now that I have the notes well under my fingers. As for the understated bass, I experimented with mic placement and found the "sweetest" sound with the mic near the treble end. I think I'll invest in a second mic at the bass end and record in stereo.
Regarding embellishments, my score doesn't have anyway and I'm not quite sure where to add them in a tasteful manner. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks again.
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rafant
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Re: J. S. Bach, Eb Allemande, French Suite #4
Reply #5 on: June 30, 2005, 07:37:23 PM
Well, I don't have my scores here, but it's possible to find one with embellishments in a free sheet music site. An alternative is to imitate the embellishments heard in a recording which you like of.
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