J.S. Bach, Musette (from the first lessons in Bach)

the first bach piece I've ever practiced.

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Music

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• Bach
• piano
• musette

[jazzpianist2000]

i'm so jealous that you're playing a steinway. i'm 16 years old and i've been playing the piano since i was four. i always wanted to play a steinway but i don't think i'll be doing it in this lifetime. $150K is too much to spend on a piano. i have to wait tables 20 hours a week just to pay for my piano lessons. hopefully i will become famous someday and make a lot of money to buy one. in the meantime my 5 siblings and i will continue playing my ronisch upright.

[sonnywang]

you will buy your own Steinway one day, I believe.

it deserves a skilled player like you!

[hahaeliz]

nice piano! nice playing too:)

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

@Timrath I am student taking Suzuki lessons from a very good teacher. I have almost reached the sixth book. My repertoire includes: Moonlight Sonata mvt3, Turkish march, and K545 (all 3 mvts). My teacher is the one who told me that the definition of gavotte is slow. She proved it to my by looking in her music dictionary. As described by wikipedia, a gavotte "is notated in 4/4 or 2/2 time and is of moderate tempo" What I saw on the video was closer to Allegretto than "moderate"

[Timrath]

@SamTexan91 Andante does not mean slow, that's merely a widespread misconception among amateurs.

Andante can range from 76 to 108 beats per minute. It literally means "at a walking pace." Normal, healthy people don't walk slowly. Go outside, take a walk, and see for yourself. The average adult walks at roughly 100 steps per minute. That's how people used to define Andante before the invention of the metronome.

sonnywang's tempo is well within those limits. It's neither too fast nor too slow.

[Timrath]

@JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS That's the first time I hear someone say that a gavotte is to be played slowly. Who told you that? It's certainly not true. The time signature of all gavottes in the world is alla breve. You have to take that into account when calculating the tempo. It's the half notes that define the tempo, not the quarter notes.

May I ask what your musical background is? Are you a student or a professional?

[daddyzlilgrl12322]

mega fast and your piano sounds kinda weird

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

@SamTexan91 well actually andante means slow also

[SamTexan91]

@JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS Oh, cheers for that info. The violin version calls it "Andante" in the Suzuki method book 1. That's why I was confused. Thanks for clearing it up. :D

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

@SamTexan91 its "tempo di gavotta" meaning slow

[JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS]

the tempo marking on this piece is "Tempo di Gavotta" which means slow. so just as a small piece of advice

[xiaosudong]

play it slower but you are good. :) 4*

[astra004]

In addition: perhaps his seat is to low?