J.-S. Bach, Bourree on sopranino recorder

Bach's Bourree in E-minor is supposed to be played on lute, or at least on a guitar but then I took it as an exercise for the recorder. At some point I switched from soprano to sopranino, so the piece is no longer in E but rather in A-minor, as I guess.

You can notice that I try to play the repeating parts with a different phrasing. An exercise for phrasing, it is. The prima volta is played with short phrases, kind of a dance. The seconda volta is more mellow, with longer phrases.

Probably I committed some abomination to Bach's music, my only excuse is that at some point, after approximately 2 months of playing it, I really felt in love with this piece.

Played on Ariel sopranino recorder. The video is taken with an old Nikon Coolpix camera, the audio recorded with Zoom H4 (which you can see on the table). I still have to figure out how to make the recording of the flute on Zoom H4 louder!

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[webcamfan2569]

@a5urbanipa1 What's the diff. between a soprano and a sopranino?

[a5urbanipa1]

@webcamfan2569 Sopranino is physically smaller and shorter, with all the consequences.

[webcamfan2569]

@a5urbanipa1 What are the consenquences?

[a5urbanipa1]

@webcamfan2569 lowest not on soprano is C, on sopranino it is F. Sopranino is an octave higher than alto recorder.

[MartitaPMG]

Suave e lindo... parabéns!

[a5urbanipa1]

@MartitaPMG obrigado, eu gostei muito a sua versão de mesmo Bourree também.

[featherdude]

very nice. I'm trying to learn soprano. Slow going but getting better. You give me hope it can sound nice someday.

[aalkashi]

Great playing! I am looking to buy myself a sopranino (after wanting one for over 20 years!). Do you recommend any particular one?

[BluesMamaRaven]

Truly amazing - I don't think Johann Sebastian is in the least bit displeased!

[AnnShchadrina]

That sounds really good! But I play alto recorder...and alto sounds good too!

[MissCrabyCake]

I'd love to be able to play this, but I don't know how to read traditional sheet music (though I'm trying to learn) , or play by ear. I'd have to be shown how to do it. I also only have sopranos at the moment, and I am unsure if this piece would work as nicely on one of those, as is played on the Sopranino.

[zuditaka]

Very beautiful!!!  ♫ ♫ ♪ ♫

[penny8va]

Wow, that was great! Don't be so hard on yourself, I think you did this piece justice on this instrument!  Keep playing :)