Bach, Prelude 20 in A minor, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 865

[TimFreud]

Nice work, thank you smalin.

[Schubert958]

One of my favourite Bach preludes

[uemciicmeu]

the sound is amazing! thanks

[victorbite]

Find this piece actually stressing, dunno why.

[123Calvario]

I think this is much better than the ones with voices. I hope you can always improve it, testing new sounds.

[guitarrasco]

I find this tool very useful in understanding TRUE music. Thanks for your hard work and keep them coming.

[AntuQum]

@guitarrasco Absolutely agree, vision brings more light to structure.

[C33Four]

I didn't like the voice on your last video of two, but THIS is great! So warm and full of range. Keep up the great work.

[brightsideoflife64]

I wasn't sure I liked it the first time....but it's good.

[brightsideoflife64]

on second hearing....j'adore.

[smalin]

Interesting ... I'm curious to know: what was it like on the first hearing?

[brunopwr]

It sounded French for me. It was funny, the idea of a French Bach... Anyway, it was nice. Thanks for the good work!

[smalin]

Don't forget: Bach was familiar with French music, and it influenced his style greatly. English too, for that matter. And Italian. He lived in Germany, but he learned from everywhere.

[cnochain]

@smalin absolutely cool!!! !!!! !!!! any chance of the First movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.05??? In the meanwhile I think I will listen to this again.

[whovianfloovian]

Can I ask, smalin, what edition of the Well Tempered Clavier are you using? Mine's ancient and falling to pieces, and has passed down generations of piano teachers to me, in rags!

I'd like to invest in a good copy that I can mark up myself... but wouldn't mind some advise.

By the way... I love watching these. It really helps me get more of a sense of the different voices in the music.

[smalin]

I recommend the Dover edition because it's inexpensive and has relatively few pages turns. If you want to get deeply into the details (differences between one source and another), then the Henle urtext is probably what you should get. But for writing fingerings, I use the Dover; if you want a copy without fingerings, you can get another. I think I've bought five or six by now (given several away).

[RajanNelles]

im glad i can escape from the mainstream pop radio to this classical art... its like an orgasm in musical form

[xxXxKittyKatxxXxx]

amazing!!!!

[FlamingRuby]

I can't wait to hear what a harmonica sounds like played through the vocoder.

[smalin]

The parts of this that don't sound so much like string instruments sound a lot like what it sounds like with the harmonica.

[pattikillem666]

i want to see the handsss its so awesome

[smalin]

Hands? In this case, one hand is bowing a viola, and the other hand is holding the viola. Not very interesting.

[JamFoub]

Definitely prefer proper music to the voices. Awesome job.

[smalin]

In what way is a vocoded viola more proper than a vocoded voice?

[B8Av3]

Incredible. You did a great job man! =) Keep doing what you do.

[brightsideoflife64]

In parts it sounds kind of "French" - I see scenes of Paris! (Maybe this is just me though).

[MaCeje]

I'm glad this one is without voices :p

[angelothepirate]

It's wonderul

[thomandy]

Great one :)

[bachaddict]

first comment! IMO sounds nicer than the voices.

[smalin]

Thanks. I'm still learning how to play this thing, so it's a bit rough. I think the fugue will be easier (not so virtuosic).