J. S. Bach, Suite Es-dur für Cembalo, BWV 819, 1/3

[dominoes37]

Fucking Counterpoint!!

Its pretty difficult

[Niekoue]

Just close your eyes and imagine an old mideval storyteller telling you an even older tale about knights, witches and dragons..

[frerardicious1]

@Niekoue noooo, baroque! French aristocracy and gardens and streets full of different people in beautiful ruffly clothes....:D :D These are my images...:)

[Biotektan]

I wouldn'T say I hate it, but I never liked this instrument..

[Furillo1995]

It sounds like a videogame! :D

[DasKloputzer]

@Furillo1995 and you don't have brain

that rhymes :D

[Furillo1995]

@DasKloputzer What?

[potatoepeter1]

bravo, absolut



[potatoepeter1]

BWV819,1/3 ............... ich muss die leeren Flaschen zum Container bringen....

[DictiusTeNecare666]

Cembalo is for me THE medieval instrument !!

[fluffytom82]

@DictiusTeNecare666

The harpsichord didn't exist in the Middle Ages... The first evidence of a real harpsichord dates from the middle of the 16th century.

Before that, there was a similar instrument called "ottavino". But this was much smaller than a harpsichord. This instrument dates back to 15th century Italy, which is the Renaissance period. Before that, in the Middle Ages, there is no proof of any harpsichords.

[DictiusTeNecare666]

@fluffytom82 thanks for the information! i didn' know that. For me the sounding of a cembalo made for me the medieval sound. Anyway, i is a beautiful instrument and a very great piece music. Greetz

[fluffytom82]

@DictiusTeNecare666 Loving the instrument is the most important! Glad I could teach you something you didn't know, my day is made ;)

Enjoy the hundreds of hours of harpsichord music on Youtube!

[dak4321]

@fluffytom82

Actually, that is not quite correct. Although there are no surviving (to our knowledge) playable harpsichords before about 1525, (I think there is an Italian instrument dating from about then at the RCM that can still be played ) I believe recently they did find an example of an upright instrument that dated pre 1500. (albeit unplayable) There is also further evidence in art from about 1450 that they existed before the end of the Middle Ages, whenever you define that to be!

[fluffytom82]

@dak4321 To me 1450 is already Renaissance, especially in Italy where the Renaissance era "began" earlier than in the rest of Europe.

We do have some instruments (and drawings) from before 1525, but those are clavichords, virginals and ottavini. The latter two work with the same principle as a harpsichord, but are different instruments. A clavichord hits the strings in stead of plucking them.

The oldest upright instrument I know of dates from 1511, but that's a clavicytherium, not a harpsichord.

[fluffytom82]

PS I do realise that a clavicytherium is an upright harpsichord so the harpsichord must have existed first. I just like to be right ;))

[dak4321]

@fluffytom82 Sorry, just saw your second post!

[dak4321]

@fluffytom82

There's a Ph.D in there somewhere! Unless it has already been written. Of course it is all tosh at the end of the day anyway. It is too simplistic to define a period of history with a single word. Is not a clavicytherium essentially a harpsichord? It works on pretty much the same principle. The horizontal movement was merely a progression. I'm probably wrong and I suspect you are going to tell me why!

[douskara]

What is the wood used for the keys? Must be very period accurate.

[potatoepeter1]

very good playing !! nastrovje

[GiruDiruVisu]

this instrument is just wonderful

[BlacKktear]

@GiruDiruVisu your gay

[GiruDiruVisu]

@BlacKktear and you are a retarted bastard. It's not my fault that your parents are brother and sister. And now go out and see the real life.

[BlacKktear]

@GiruDiruVisu trololololol :D yeah sry was drunk :P try and don't take everything personal, especially on youtube (ps: I saw real life, still think you're gay)

[GiruDiruVisu]

@BlacKktear alcohol blows you brain. Stop drinking and don't fail in life.

[ThePhilosorpheus]

this is truly one of the best performances of Bach i have ever seen