Menuet - French Suite no. 3 in B minor (BWV 814)

This is the menuet from J.S. Bach's French Suite no. 3 in B minor. I played it without repeats. I'd love constructive criticism. I think I played it too fast. Some harpsichordists seem to like this piece at even faster tempos, however.

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[11994]

can i ask some questions??

what make is this? and did you play according to the notes beacuse the pitch is different when i compared it to my piano.i played along with this and the harpsichord and my piano have different tunes..nice job by the way!

[rexunculus]

It is the French Single kit model from the Paris Workshop. Mine was professionally built. The reason the pitch is different is because I was playing in Baroque pitch, which is approximately a semitone lower in pitch than modern pitch.

[hrpschrdman]

Nice performance. For my taste, I could go a little slower still. Work on playing with very quiet hands that just float above the keys --- you have lots of vertical motion in your playing still. Use the arms to float the hand to the right place on the keyboard; let the fingers stroke the keys. See if you can play this piece without ever losing physical contact between the keys and the fingers. Good harpsichord touch takes time to develop, but it will change the sound of your playing.

[rexunculus]

Thank you, that helps a lot!

[FernandRaynaud]

It's a nice performance, but I would love to hear it much slower, it's a dance, with more expression, little hesitations, and rubato, with a cantabile lilt, as if people were dancing to it before your eyes.

[rexunculus]

Thank you, I appreciate the advice.

[hornick18]

favorite tetris song!

[figaro589]

this is the tetris C theme music. love it!

[metaknightmare1234]

Lol, I have forever associated this song with Tetris. XD

[Mattnek]

I wonder if bach would have played tetris...

[opferkindextrem]

too fast? too slow xD for a good guitar riff

[Shogunmiyuchan]

shut your eyes, you'd swear someone was playing Tetris :)

[FoxMcCloudMyHero]

French suite bo. 3 AKA Tetris Theme C, love it! I also play it but on the piano. I will point out two things for you: at 0:32 - 0:33 you play a F#major in the left hand. It is supposed to be a minor key. Also you should learn the Trio part since it is meant to be played alongside the Menuet.

On the positive side: I loved the performance and your instrument. Good job :D

[Mobi666]

It's not Bach, it's Tetris! Nah just kidding, I only discovered today that one of the tetris songs was actually BAch ;-)

[DerGeckarbor]

RED FALLING BLOCKS! :D

[shadowbro212]

Kuro Keys? :O

[reyke]

TETRIS MUSIC :D

[zombierobopirate]

tetris hell yes