JS Bach Famous Prelude in C from WTC I on Harpsichord BWV 846

[TheBaroquefan]

Thank you for posting ! I love the way you play it instisting on disonnances offered by the temperament ! Congratulations !

[SFChristo]

@TheBaroquefan Thank you!

[DanielHewsonPianist]

Ace work, feel free to checkout my own effort.

[salbella1]

You are very musical SFChristo. Do you think you could make a video of yourself playing it in equal temperament so we could compare it? Thanks

[SFChristo]

@salbella1 Thank you! The overtones on the harpsichord are so bright and strong that equal tempered 3rds and especially 10ths really clash and sound awful. I kept thinking the I just could not tune the instrument and then tried a well-temperament and it fixed the 10ths and they sounded great.

[jscamach]

beautiful (L)

[yodiepants]

Hooray! How long does it take for the tuning of your instrument to migrate? If it is less than a week or couple days, some of the tuning pins might be loose. While it sounds bad, if you give a gentle whack or two to the pin with a hammer, it will better secure it. :)

[ezcheeze590]

great job, beautiful, it is interesting this interpretation comes from a student of my absolute favorite harpsichordist . wonderful

[alvarito45]

SFChristo: Wonderful interpretation. The sound is unbelievable. Thank you. And Bach is much more Bach in the harpsichord than in the pianoforte.

Congratulations!!!

[SFChristo]

@alvarito45 Thank you!

[theillfrisch]

great playing. this is a wonderful temperment to play bach's music in.

[SFChristo]

@theillfrisch Thank you. Perhaps I'll explore more pieces using Kirnberger III. I used to use equal temp. and then wonder why the harpsichord always sounded out of tune. 10ths especially were terrible.

[jordanbbuu]

why there's only a layer? Isn't that 2?

[Diaboludus]

I love the sound of the harpsichord, one day i'll try to get one.. very well played that lovely song of Bach.. I just heard one mistake, but one of how many? go on!good luck and congratulations for having that wonderfull instrument and musical tastes

[SFChristo]

Thanks for your compliments, Diaboldus. You are becoming fiendish on the bass!

[EmperorCQX]

Lovely my dear performer. This inspired me to spend more thime on the keyboard. Excellent.

[taubangkok]

Very well done. I replayed it six times in a row and gained total happiness.

[xdarkrosex]

i love harpsichords (L)

and im going to play this piece for an audition to enter the university in a classical guitar =D

thanks for playing this beautiful piece of music =D

[SFChristo]

Hi xdarkrosex, good luck on your audition! Are you going to play this on guitar or are you going to play it on piano to show keyboard skills?

[xdarkrosex]

in guitar...

it would be nice if i could have any idea of how to play piano, but i think i have better abilities on the guitar n.n

thanks for the good luck =D

[3vilJ1m]

Some great stuff there man.

[SFChristo]

Thank you 3vilJ1m. I checked out your favorited Doom music. It would not work on harpsichord but maybe pipe organ...

[Ravensinger]

Very lovely!!!

[SFChristo]

Thank you!

[sfbonedoc]

Scholarly and musical, historically informed performance of a well known classic on a splendid instrument. Well tuned. Bravo!

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[rafalis2]

Thank you for sharing. Interesting theory, never heard about it. That said, I think we should not try too many tempo changes, or that they should be lighter.

[SFChristo]

The idea is from a student of Bach's. One who studied with him in the last two years of his life and then wrote extensively about it. Even though the tempo changes here could be heard as exaggerated, the basic idea is to stay a bit longer on the consonant stable chords and not linger on the more dissonant/unstable chords. This causes a very different interpretation from that of 19th century music (non romantic). You might try it yourself.

In America- the idea comes from a Landowska student.