Bach Banjo Concerto in E Major

[daytonmlivingston]

This is the first movement from Bach's Violin/Keyboard Concerto in D Major, BWV 1054.

[PVFlash]

@daytonmlivingston E Major

[daytonmlivingston]

@PVFlash No, this concerto is in D major, you must just have a transcribed version with a key change.

[jazz31162]

Is that a Deering or Gibson?

[PVFlash]

@jazz31162

It's a Huber Roanoke, with a radius fingerboard.

[Guitcad1]

I like to see somebody play the cadenza from Brandenburg concerto No. 5.

[Pipotron3000]

Hi headless banjo player !

Nice playing ;)

If i remove my head, can i play banjo like you ?

[PVFlash]

@Pipotron3000

You can try........

[mistydawnx]

I love how people are so busy being serious that they keep commenting re: this not being a recently discovered Bach composition *laughs*. Hats off to both the headless banjo dude and his sense of humor. :D

[PVFlash]

@mistydawnx

Thanks!

[PicklesMusic1]

I don't think three finger style was even developed by the baroque era. Haha!

[larsforyou]

Wow



[tenorbanjo4]

Great.

[woschues]

so naehert sich. alles.

[THEMINSTRELBANJO]

great ., can you comment my vids???

[malcolmruddock]

That sounds better than the harpsichord and easier to carry around. Excellent!

[kratanuva725]

I don't think the banjo existed in bach's time, lol.

There probobaly were simliar instruments in africa though.

[PVFlash]

It's a little known fact that it was the instrument of choice of some of the very first pizza deliverymen.

[kratanuva725]

hmm, I looked it up and it was arround in his time.

It sure sounds good, it's got a fast attack that gives it a harpsichord-like quality.

[MorkaGraven]

Bach is clearly GOD therefore, he predicted the future perfectly and composed his music in a way that allowed to be played by any worthwhile future instruments.

[dogtransport]

Awesome. I hope they find the lost manuscript of the Double Banjo Concerto one of these days.

[Hikikomori013]

I don't see a peg head on the banjo either, so it can probably only be played by a headless musician.

Very nice performance. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to pick up a banjo and try to learn again.

[PVFlash]

The banjo has a head. It's a Huber Roanoke model, with a radius fingerboard.

Be careful picking up the banjo. It's very heavy!

[notfromlongbeach]

@Hikikomori013 banjo player is only limited by the length of his arm

[firebreathone]

this is not a "recently discovered Bach composition". Unless you are referring to the fact that it has recently been discovered by YOU :)

Great performance. I love the sound of the banjo and you are clearly a skilled player!

[PVFlash]

Where's your sense of humor? ;-)

[AngryFlagman]

Sweet, Makes me want to learn how to play banjo.

[WickdPerfekT]

2nd'd

[docarRidenza]

awesome!!! you made the voices come out which is really hard in Bach's music... great job!!! hop you can polish it more. keep it up

[apbrates]

do you have the tablature to this piece anyone?

[PVFlash]

I never wrote it down in tab. It was hard enough figuring it out, and playing it. The thought of writing the tab is daunting.

[apbrates]

thats too bad id love to learn how to play this

[infernalhammer]

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[borgias2]

Hey,

That was just great!

[tuckytunes]

nicely done. i think the banjo was made for Bach. I learned Jesu a couple of years ago and it remains my single favorite song on the banjo and I probably know 50 tunes. It's a bit of a shame you have so many views because it would be great to get this remade with your left hand showing.

[banjoistic]

Nice, Jerry! Would like to have seen more of the left hand, but maybe you're trying to keep a secret :).