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Topic: Trill in Bach Fugue no. 3 - WTC1  (Read 4039 times)

Offline sonoro

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Trill in Bach Fugue no. 3 - WTC1
on: November 04, 2010, 11:01:32 AM
What is the right way to play the trill in this piece? It is marked as a trill with some additional flourish and a double sharp notation...
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Re: Trill in Bach Prelude no. 3 - WTC1
Reply #1 on: November 04, 2010, 08:40:58 PM
I don't know if we're talking about the same prelude, but in MY book there is no trill at all in this prelude.  The fast one in c# minor, right?

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Re: Trill in Bach Fugue no. 3 - WTC1
Reply #2 on: November 04, 2010, 10:07:46 PM
Sorry, my fault... I was thinking of the following Fugue (I corrected the heading now). Just after the middle in the piece.

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Re: Trill in Bach Fugue no. 3 - WTC1
Reply #3 on: November 05, 2010, 07:22:11 AM
a#-g#-fdouble#(g-natural)-g#-a#-g#-a#etc, end the trill on the next to the last 16th note in the left hand.  At least, this is the way I do it!  ;D
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