Sarabande in B-minor by J.S.Bach-Guitar arr.

[RobDerbyCollege]

Beautiful

[RobDerbyCollege]

@RobDerbyCollege Can't stop listening, this is the best rendition... so personal and emotive

[torisand]

@RobDerbyCollege I'm overwhelmed by your fine, inspirational words.

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[RobBrooksMusic]

@torisand Cheers, I've been going over the scores for this myself the last couple of days, maybe you can have a look when I upload a version of it

[mustangomike]

wow...am i the only guitarist left in the world that plays by ear? i dont need tabs or sheet music, i hear something i like...guess what i figure it out....am i alone in this?

[torisand]

@mustangomike I guess there are not many of the kind with such a talent!

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[theichorvile]

@mustangomike not everyone has such an ear, but no you are not alone.

[lDeadBirdl]

@mustangomike A lot of it depends on how someones brain and pattern recognition is wired, you can take my word for it. I myself know music proficiently in a way that would be seemingly abstract or not possible to function with, in terms of my decisions to go about things to a person such as yourself, one adept to 'picking things out' by ear as it were, likewise... I cannot for the life of me teach myself to do things by ear like you can, it is in some way beyond me.

[fizzlemcnizzle501]

@mustangomike probably

[007slaney]

@mustangomike well i guess you may be one of the few people who can do that with guitar. I can with basic pieces, but as I am not an incredibly accomplished guitarist that is my limits. I do have a similar guft with piano though, adn can work anything out and even compose my own, adding twists. I am currently working on a song that uses same intro and music as Brahms Serenade

[pinst]

@mustangomike

Plenty of hillbillies all over latin america that do the same; my grandfather being one of em' =)

[SmilinShadow]

very nice sound! and good interpretation!

[torisand]

@SmilinShadow Great inspiration! Thank you kindly!

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[torisand]

@Soulfree2008 Standard music notation is a wonderful language. And easier than expected. I know--- I suffered from "note anexiety" for many years, but finaly decided to give it a try.

Insult?--no, it's only the best advice I can offer! Give it a chance and enjoy the pleasure of managing the small steps! Good luck!

A joke among musicians: How to stop a guitarist from playing?--- Give him a sheet of music!

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[wethepeople469]

where did u get the sheet music for this friend?

[torisand]

@wethepeople469 Try this: The Guitar School Iceland

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[AlucardMorgurth]

Bach will make you immortal, keep up that good work...

[torisand]

@AlucardMorgurth Great inspiration! Thank you!!

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[blackmiroz]

i love this piece saludos desde colombia perfectly worked... sublime....

[torisand]

@blackmiroz Thank you for your kind comment from Colombia!

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[RFeynman]

Wonderful!

[torisand]

@RFeynman Thank you kindly for your fine word!!

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[gorodnize]

Your sound is clear and your rhythm is very good and steady. Bach is a hard composer to interpret and you played this piece excellent. Bravo!

[torisand]

@gorodnize I appreciate very much your kind vords! Great inspiration!

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[sj73]

I play this piece... I have always played it a little faster, but I truly regret doing so all these years. Your much slower interpretation is beautiful. I made a similar comment on your cello prelude I video... very nice style!

[torisand]

@sj73

I appreciate very much your kind attention!

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[torisand]

@Soulfree2008 I'm quite sure you'll find "tab" for this Bach Sarabande on the Net.

Good luck and thank you for commenting:

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[juarezquixtan]

I really like your interpretation... I find it very profound!!!! Nice video!!!

[torisand]

I appreciate your inspiring comment!

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[Dislessy4evermore]

very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[torisand]

Thank you kindly!!

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[sormu16]

Bach was good at sarabandes. Exceptionally expressive interpretation.

If you can concentrate on this your anger will go away.

[torisand]

Takk for hyggelig kommentar!

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[RePetes1]

.. ?Den har du vist øvet et par gange, maestro..

-du får det til at flyde som en egen komposition.. Perfekt timing-Subtilt udført.

Jeg kommer nok også tilbage et par gange for at finde ud af hvor fingrene skal hen undervejs- Tak!

[torisand]

Ett par ganger,--jo,jo! Lykke til med "musiseringen". Takk for hyggelig kommentar!

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[flamenfloralis]

inspired and excellent interpretation, very nice and warm the scene too

[torisand]

@flamenfloralis Thank you kindly for your inspirational and warming words!!

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[torisand]

@mika161 Thank you for your kind comment!

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[korneliss]

oh gosh you're bringing tears to my eyes...lovely and melancholy and wonderful...just what i needed.

[torisand]

@korneliss

Thank you for your warming words!

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[aaldenmusic]

Great Interpretation of Bach. I am playing this on Vibraphone Currently and would keep looking back at how you played certain passages.

Bravo!

Ciao,

Andrew

[torisand]

Thank you Andrew! It's great if I can be of some help to someone out there on YT.

All the best!

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[fettergraf]

Beautiful Music and absolutely fantastic ,meditative interpretation!

Thank you and greetings!

[torisand]

Thank you for your inspiring comment!

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[OriginalCopyCat1874]

Very expressive, clean playing!

[torisand]

Thank you for stopping by!

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[lalumieredusoleil]

Wow, absolutely beautiful and inspirational.

[torisand]

I appreciate very much your kind comment!!

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[fearfultom]

Thanks - I ran upon you while looking for the sheet music for Bach's Sarabande in Eb. What book was that music from. I love the touch you have... lots of emotion there. ;-)

[torisand]

Thank you for commenting! I think you'll find the score on the "net". Try "The Guitar School Iceland"

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[AlastairBrownViolist]

Such beautiful interpretation, you do great justice to Bach, bravo.

[torisand]

I appreciate very much your kind comment. I.m honoured!!

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[valtyr89]

I love the way you capture the sad kind of atmosphere. Nice one!

[torisand]

Thank you for your inspirational comment!

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[Zivass]

Eccellente!

[torisand]

Thank you for your kind word!!

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[Paus2057]

Hermoso

Wonderfull

sugoi :D

[torisand]

Hjertelig takk skal du ha!! I'm honoured!

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[katjaester]

This one of my favorite music pieces ever! I really like your almost jazzy version! Katja.

[torisand]

Thank you Katja!!

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[ledzepp2025]

absolutely peaceful

[torisand]

I'm honoured by your kind words!

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[miguel2kbioshock]

Que buena interpretación

FELICIDADES!!!!!

[torisand]

TAKK skal du ha!

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[tuscarett]

Perfecto.

[torisand]

No,no!---, but thank you!

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[Crestflame]

Nice tone, but it's not rhythmical, one of the most important things in Baroque interpretation :-)

[torisand]

Thank you for commrnenting!

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[tuscarett]

Pero no tanto en sarabande. Esta es una magnífica interpretación, a la altura de la que le hubiera gustado oír a Bach. El fanatismo en la tendencia interpretativa mata a la música.

[BarNuun]

Lovely video and everything comes together here, soft lighting and a most precise sound from this well chosen guitar (not even a single buzz). And not to forget the musician's talent!

[torisand]

I'm sincerely grateful!!

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[CT2507]

Excelent!... like old quality wine! :) full of maturiy, calm and presence. very good technique too!

[torisand]

What a warming comment  from Cyprus on a cold, windy and rainy day here in Norway!

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[torisand]

I never use tablature, sorry I can't help you in this matter.

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[torisand]

Thank you! I play a "Antonio Raya Pardo" Granada 1988.

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[dabboBaze]

Dette er vakkert.

[torisand]

Takk skal du ha Sepehr for en hyggelig kommentar!

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[ForestPenguin]

Great piece,great guitar and well played by a guitar expert :].. Your playing is really relaxing. Great Job! James.

[torisand]

I'm honoured!

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[andreinadasart]

I have never liked this sarabande...

...until now! Your interpretation is very affectionate.

[torisand]

I'm honoured! Thank you kindly!

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[spyd3rman360]

Your playing is absolutely beautiful. Many congratulations on your musicality. Sarabands I think really do make a test of musical interpretive abilities. To know when to use a vibrato, maybe hold a note longer than notated, it's all much more emotional than most people outside of the classical music area believe. I like your sound.

Ethan

[torisand]

Hei Ethan!

I appreciate very much your kind comment!!

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[SILVESTRE31]

Terve Tor.

Great work. Smooth, expressive, musical and very clear sound.

The most difficult in any instrument is to play slowly.

I relly like your rendition. Thanks for sharing.

Kiitos.

Rogelio Sandoval

[torisand]

Thank you Rogelio!!

I agree, it's difficult to play slowly and I try not to exaggerate breaking of chords!

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[crawnwax]

need a little work on the rhythym I thought, but it was nice and legato.

[torisand]

I appreciate your comment!!

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[juuutuuppi]

GREAT !!! You play like Bach. Greetings from Finland!

[torisand]

GREAT! Det er hyggelig med en hilsen

fra Finland!!

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[volts003]

man u play with so many feeling so beautifull only looking at ur face expressions tells me u love music so much beautifull 10/10

[torisand]

Thank you kindly!!

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[mbturner625]

wow... tell me your recording setup

[torisand]

A Zoom MRS 802 harddisk-recorder, two microphones, Shure MS94 placed about 60 cm away (one pointing on the 12th fret and the other at the middle of the fretboard) My "home studio" is a little, "dry" room.

I import the recording to Sound Forge 8 on my PC and add a little reverb. There are hundreds of effect possibility, but I don't find them interesting to my kind of use. A bad sound from the guitar can't be improved on my audio editing program!

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[mbturner625]

of course,, but bad recording equipment could make your guitar sound bad. So, thanks for the specs! I thought it was a little bit of reverb. Dry enough room too. kampai

[leandrolobo]

Muy Lindo!!!

[torisand]

Takk skal du ha!

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[merezi]

Hello! I've been thinking about where can I get as beautiful sounding guitar as yours? It's totally incredible. How much do they cost?

[ghonik]

thanks for posting... you play it very well. I have only one mention- dont be afraid of putting more emotions in this composition. And even more (not hardly but just..) mezzoforte in the begging and some parts :) But I like your performance :)

[torisand]

I appreciate your comments very much! Thank you kindly!!

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[dom88ro]

you are really great..

[torisand]

Thank you kindly!!

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[scobdopularp]

Beautiful interpretation. I learned this piece when I was studying Classical guitar. I occasionally played it at more than twice this speed and it still sounded valid. Bach was a special human being.

[torisand]

Thank you kindly!!

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[ghonik]

wow, very nice... I just play your record to listen and watch sheets and its beatiful, I will try to play it:)

[torisand]

What a kind comment from Prague at the start of a new day! Thank you kindly!

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[luisdelbar]

Amazing!!! Thank you.... =)

[torisand]

What a nice comment from Mexico!!

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[PandabeerMEISTER]

Nice touch, very clear & crispy.

On the vibrato: please make it deeper and slower where appropiate.

Also take your time during breaks and let ring. Emphasize the bass line: you're playing Bach.

Sounds nice though as it is now.

[torisand]

Thank you. I appreciate your comment!

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[stdermeister1]

as a sarabande i would preffer it at a slightly faster tempo, i feel it truely brings the dancing feel to it. Which is more like the characteristics of a sarabande. But never the less it sounded quite magneficent.

[torisand]

I appreciate very much your reflections over the Sarabande!

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[zenbach78]

Dear Tor, Sir, You sound like Segovia!,bravo!. You really have the sound for Bach. I would play this piece the same way.You are truly wonderful to listen to.Thank you so much for sharing your videos.

You have inspire me to play once more in this life time.I always believe that sound (quality)is above all more important than speed and loudness.I believe that the guitar should also express your own inner love for life and music.

We have a lot to be thankful for in life.

Ciao,

Claudio

[torisand]

Why do I try to put together these few notes over and over again for many many years and never get I the way I want it to sound?? Still I have the pleasure of trying?? I don't even try to answer. "I don't know why I love it like I do, I don't know why, I just do"

One thing is for sure: We have a lot to be thankful for in life!!

Thank you Claudio!

Ciao,

Tor Inge

[slmaggot]

wow really impressive playing. it's always great to see somebody playing Bach with such great interpretation...I would be so proud if in my video of Bach was such a great feeling...

[torisand]

The first time I heard my own recording I felt horrible and I didn't play for over a week. That was nearly 40 years ago.Keep your hands mowing! "Use your brain when you are praticing and let your heart sing while you are playing". I stll don't manage to get the sound I'm seeking,(and I never will) but that don't make the playing less joyful. I'm getting closer. If you are able to hear sounds from your guitar you don't apprciate that is the foundation for developing you playing!

Hilsen

[spinningwheel]

Bravo.. a truly remarkable performance.

[torisand]

The comments on my playing of this Sarabande have been remarkable surprising to me and higly appreciated! Thank you

[drmplaya34]

Wow this peice is sooo beautiful! Thanks for playing it so well and bringing it to my attention. Great job!

[torisand]

Thank you Christopher!!

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[beethovenbix]

"Oh I love your version 'Torisand'!Thankyou for All of your Wonderful Posts.' I learnt this from 'Frederic Hand' who plays it faster than you do, however, I prefer it at your tempo. I'm also abit of a 'rebel' which gets

me into trouble with 'Purists' as I like to improvise and embellish pieces - maybe abit too much! But I'm certain that the Great Bach

wouldnn't mind at all, and all blessings be to

Him and the amazing music he's left for us all to enjoy and play! As usual - an A+ performance"

[torisand]

I envy your ability to improvise! I'm locked to the score. Frederic Noad is a great musician and I play several of his interesting pieces. I hear, in the back of my mind, the lovely sustained sounds of the violin while I play this Sarabande and that why I "stretch" my guitar as I do, too much?? May be!!

Thank you for taking time to comment!!

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[thepotsofsmokers]

i have to agree 5/5 very clean, no missed notes or unclear chords:)

[torisand]

Thank you kindly!

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[chickenstorm]

Very nice,clean playing.

5/5. Really Good.

[torisand]

Thank you for your stimulating comment!

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[gustavomrobles]

Maestro... donde puedo conseguir partes de JSB para guitarra?

[torisand]

Beklager, men jeg skjønner ikke spørsmålet. Takk allikevel! = I'm sorry, but I don't understand your question. Thanks anyway!

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[epilp2]

He would like to know where he could obtain these pieces written for guitar.

[torisand]

I suggest you try to search for "Sarabande Bminor Bach" on the Internet.

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[jimajim]

i believe that is better to take it a bit slower in the notes that are alone with some vibrado to give the filling of the violin. A bit slower in all piece would be good but its ok. Good job

[torisand]

Thank you, Cyprus, for kind comment!

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[ibe8pud]

This is so wonderfull! I learn it now too. I take this video to my favorite. Thanks!

[torisand]

Thank you! I wish you all the best of luck with your playing!!

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[davidebasile]

great work

[torisand]

Thank you Davide for commenting!

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[koto777]

master!

[torisand]

Yes, I agree, J.S.B. is the great MASTER!!

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[ImperialAerosolKid]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Thank you for posting this!

[Viquang]

Wunderbar! Ich wünschte, ich würde jemanden kennen, der so für mich aufspielen könnte ... Zu schön!!!

[torisand]

Hjertelig takk for din vennlige og inspirerende kommentar!!

Vielen Dank!

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[buxtehude07]

Hej! Du spelar med stor inlevelse och känsla. Bach är dessutom alltid enastående. Har du inte spelat något av Dietrich Buxtehude?

[torisand]

Hei! Takk for hyggelig kommentar. Jeg har 2 suiter av Buxtwhude arrangert for gitar av Julian Bream, men jeg har ikke øvd dem inn enda. En sarabande (orginalt for lutt,tror jeg) av denne komponisten er meget flott fremført av den danske gitar-/luttspilleren Ingolf Olsen. Du finner den på "torisand" på "youtube".

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[kkrause88]

there's something about bach's music that makes it almost infinitely interesting.

i love you arrangement.

thanks, kameron

[torisand]

I agree! What is it about Bach's music? The best answer I can think of is to borrow some of the words (almost unchanged)from an old song: " I don't know why I love it like I do, I don't know why. I just do"

Thank you for commenting!

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[torisand]

I apprecate your comment. Thank you very much!

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[gmlch]

bravo! what a beautiful piece by bach, and it translates beautifully to the guitar. chapeau! thank you for posting.

[torisand]

Thank you Earl for inspireing comment!!

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[WillemJanWollants]

great to see this song on video. Nice job! Also like the way you comment. It is a very fragile song indeed, that allows endless interpretation. It is interesting every time u play it.

I also played this song and i would like to play it again. Unfortunatley i don't find it anymore:(.

[torisand]

Thank you kindly for commenting!!

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[mikeknoell]

you play that very well. This wasn't easy to learn but I really enjoy the sound of it.

[torisand]

Thank you! I agree, it isn't easy to play slow music on our instrument. Fortunately this music, to my mind, can't be worn out during long, very long, period of praticing.

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[albaniz]

I'm curious I have to learn this sarabande for the college but isn't supposed to have an insistance on the second pulsation I only heard it few times

[torisand]

?? Thank you anyway. Don't mind the college, practice playing the sarabande for your own sake, it might give you good pulsations!!

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[albaniz]

ok thank you

[HVPinc]

Wow, very very impressive. Dare i ask how long it took you to finally master that song?

[torisand]

I started playing when I was 26 years old (in 1964)and I think I bought this music a couple of years later. I'm still trying to get it to sound the way I want it to, but I'll proably never succeed. But it's a great hobby anyway, this music can't be worn out!

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[aparicon27]

Tor Inge

Thanks your reply information on the instrument. I emailed Antonio Raya Parda on a special request. thanks again

[aparicon27]

Can you please tell me what kind of guitar you use in this video?

[torisand]

Antonio Raya Pardo, Granada, 1988

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[SplitteMineBramseil]

Vakkert. Fin spillfølelse. God lyd, også.

[torisand]

Takk skal du ha HB!!

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[bassswings]

i can feel bach ;thankyou .

[torisand]

Thank you very much for commenting!

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[volts003]

omg u play wonderfull i love people playing with theire heart i love it !

[torisand]

Thank you for your kind comment!!

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[InkHearted88]

Sir, it was Wonderful. Nothing else to say. I was geting bored of people playing "boure".

A fine intrepretation indeed. I enjoyed it

[torisand]

Thank you warmly for your comment!!

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[hvymtlsteve]

Beautifully played, sir! I enjoyed listening.

[torisand]

Thank you very much for your comment!!

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[Gibson22lp]

never heard this piece before... really nice.. great job as well

[torisand]

Thank you "Gibson" for commenting!!

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[masturboide]

Very nice. Bach had these things for simple melodies making great pieces (never heard this one before).

I would've liked perhaps some little speeding on some part to create some tension. Might be foolish, just a guess.

Still, you get the 5 mate.

[torisand]

Thank you Viviana. I appreciate very much your comment!

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[brownguitar]

awesome... just awesome.

a real musician can only do that, you have gone through the notes on the paper and created a connection with the music.

Bravo.

[torisand]

You make me blush!!

Thank you for commenting!!

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