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Topic: How to play those bars? (Bach)
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3022767
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How to play those bars? (Bach)
on: June 06, 2013, 07:45:13 PM
Hello everyone
I've attached a picture of bars 7 to 10 of Bach's Prelude number XVI (WTCII) but I have a problem playing bar 10:
I know that all the si should be played in bemolle but the si becomes normal on bar 8. Does the normal sign only affect the si on bar 8 or should I keep playing normal si in bars 9 and 10? I'd like to know if the chord si/re bar 10 should be played si(normal)/re or si(bemolle)/re.
I know it might seem a silly question but I don't understand how long the normal sign on the si lasts...
Thank you in advance
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tdawe
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Re: How to play those bars? (Bach)
Reply #1 on: June 07, 2013, 12:19:49 PM
It lasts only for 1 bar.
It also applies only to that exact pitch. For example, if my key signature calls for me to use C-sharp, and the score indicates a C natural at middle C, the C an octave above would still be played as a C-sharp. The next bar, as long as the score does not indicate another accidental for C natural, all C returns to being C-sharp. Sometimes the composer will indicate the return to C-sharp in the score, especially if there has been an extended use of accidentals, but even if they do not, you still return to the key signature when a new bar begins.
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Re: How to play those bars? (Bach)
Reply #2 on: June 07, 2013, 03:37:35 PM
Thank you very much for your help
everything is clear now!
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