Download or read book Bach s Cello Suites I III Arranged for Tenor Banjo written by Rob MacKillop and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bach's cello suites are among the most famous solo instrumental works of all time. The cello and the tenor banjo share the same tuning, and banjo players might be surprised at how well this great music fits on the fretboard. Rob MacKillop has provided tablature for the first three suites. Here is a chance for tenor banjo players to explore Bach on their instrument, which could be tuned to either regular, CGDA, or Irish tuning, GDAE. Accompanying audio is included, using three different tenor banjos: a regular tenor (Deering Eagle II), a gourd tenor (Jaybird Banjos), and a cello banjo (Gold Tone) which has the same low pitch as the cello. A `suite' is a collection of dances of varying speeds and time signatures, conceived to be performed as a whole, and preceded by a prelude. Bach's Prelude to the 1st Suite is magnificent and justly famous. The Bourree from the 3rd Suite is also very popular. Enjoy playing Bach on the Tenor Banjo! Includes access to online audio.
Download or read book Classical Studies for Tenor Banjo written by Rob MacKillop and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seasoned music educator and multi-instrumentalist, Rob MacKillop presents this introductory classical repertoire for the intermediate tenor banjoist. Derived from method books for the mandolin, cello and guitar, these progressive melodic studies are typeset in standard notation and tablature. Readers are encouraged to start at the beginning and listen to the author’s online recordings for guidance. Various keys, rhythms and time signatures are represented for a thorough grounding in note reading. Most importantly, these studies have been chosen to develop musicianship, not just technique. Creating your own left-hand fingering and original interpretive ideas will build the confidence needed to become an authoritative classical performer. If you have played the tenor banjo by ear or relied on tablature exclusively in the past, this is the book and now is the time to access the world of standard notation—for whatever style of music that interests you. The author provides liberal playing tips and suggestions for further sight reading. As the perfect fifth tunings of the tenor banjo and mandola are the same (CGDA), this music can also be played on the mandola. Includes access to online audio.
Download or read book Complete Bach Cello Suites written by Rob MacKillop and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most instrumentalists would agree with the author’s introductory statement, that the six Bach cello suites are “…one of the greatest collections of solo instrumental music ever written.” Many amateur classic guitarists have endeavored to play favorite movements of the suites, and a few professionals have recorded all six in their entirety. The author himself has played them on various plucked-string instruments. Here, for the first time, Rob MacKillop and Mel Bay Publications present the Six Cello Suites of J. S. Bach, transcribed for the plectrum-style acoustic or electric guitarist! According to MacKillop, Bach had an overall didactic plan and each suite increases in emotional depth and difficulty, posing specific problems to the plectrum guitarist or any instrumentalist. For example: Using a pick, how do you play a 2-note interval when there is a string in-between the two notes? MacKillop provides a good deal of fingering in the early suites suggesting solutions to this and other issues, but ultimately encourages readers to make their own decisions through careful analysis and left-hand fingering. If you stay the course and play through all six suites, you will gain a personal understanding not only of the Baroque suite, but also of left-hand digitation, picking direction, and the guitar fretboard. Written in standard notation in guitar-friendly keys for the intermediate to advanced plectrum guitarist, this book is destined to be a part of university curriculums and recitals worldwide. It deserves a place in your music library too.
Download or read book Bach Cello Suites for Electric Bass written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Bass). All six of J.S. Bach's essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 * Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 * Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 * Suite No. 4 in Eb Major, BWV 1010 * Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 * Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012.
Download or read book J S Bach Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites Arranged for Guitar written by J. S. Bach and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Johann Sebastian Bach did not write any music for the guitar, transcriptions of his unaccompanied string music and music for lute have long been a part of the guitar repertoire. Despite the respect that this music commands among musicians and audiences debate still exists as to what constitutes an appropriate means of transcribing, interpreting and performing this music on the guitar. It is this debate that prompted this long-awaited edition of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites by scholar and concert guitarists Stanley Yates. This definitive work includes performance scores, comparison scores an an invaluable 40-page guide entitled Arranging, Interpreting, and Performing the Music of J.S. Bach. Furthermore, the author offers comments on his arranging process and suggestions on using this edition including: ornamentation, slurs, fingerings, notation, and implementation of the comparison scores. Written in standard notation in guitar-friendly keys.
Download or read book J S Bach for Mandolin written by Robert Bancalari and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These arrangements of many pieces by J.S. Bach make a great composer's works accessible to the mandolinist. Since the bulk of the music has been adapted from various suites, sonatas, and partitas, the authors provides an explanation of each dance form and other similar pieces. Includes: 'Bauree Angloise' from Partita in A Minor for solo flute; 'Marche' from Anna Magdalena Back Book; 'Fantasie' from Partita No. 3 in A Minor; and more. In notation and tablature. Includes a CD which contains 13 of the 26 solos.
Download or read book Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite III Bwv 1009 written by Jeffrey Goodman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Sebastian Bach's Suites � Violoncello Solo senza Basso are thought to have been composed during 1717-1723, when Bach served as Kapellmeister in K�then. The manuscript copy of Cello Suite III, BWV 1009 is the only surviving original. It is generally thought to be in the hand of Bach's second wife Anna Magdelena Bach. Some scholars now believe that the manuscript is indeed in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is housed in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. This is the historical source, along with current scholarly editions of the Bach cello suites, from which this arrangement has been made. Cello Suite III, BWV 1009, is in the key of C major. This arrangement transposes the original key to A major.It is interesting to note that the great 20th century cello virtuoso Pablo Casals declined to edit his own edition of the cello suites. He said that was because his attitude to the music was founded on an unending search for musical and technical solutions, and thus was ever evolving and changing. He felt that any edition of his would therefore become out of date in a short time.For guitarists Casals's attitude of "unending search" is doubly applicable. This arrangement reflects my own current take on how Bach's Cello Suite III may be played on guitar. In order to offer guitarists a rich palette of resources with which to explore this music, this edition consists of three parts, each of which includes the complete suite:Part I - The fully realized guitar arrangement.Part II - The guitar arrangement in score with the unadorned cello part. This allows the player to always have at hand a definitive resource to see what the Bach original was.Part III - This is a reproduction of the original manuscript, which is essential for not only cellists, but for guitarists as well.
Download or read book Bach for the Banjo written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bach for the Banjo is a collection of some of Bach's best-known pieces transcribed for the five-string banjo. Several pieces appear in tablature for banjo with a second part for guitar: Inventions 1, 8, 13, and 14; March; Minuet in G; Polonaise in G minor; Minuet in G minor; and Musette. Others appear in notation and tablature for solo banjo: Prelude from Partita No.III for Solo Violin; Bouree II from Suite IV for Solo Cello; Menuets I & II from Suite II for Solo Cello; Courante from Suite I for Solo Cello; Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No.III for Solo Violin; and Prelude from Suite I for Solo Cello. Finally, Bauerntanz is offered as a banjo duet in tablature only. These transcriptions are taken from the recordings the Classical Banjo and Bach on the Banjo which take Bach's classic pieces to new heights.
Download or read book Ragtime Banjo For Tenor or Plectrum Banjo written by Mel Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragtime music has a character all its own. While it lends itself ideally to a variety of settings and moods, it always maintains its unique joyful feeling. the banjo is an instrument ideally suited for ragtime. the bright crisp banjo sound truly adds a new dimension to the ragtime feeling. Mel Bay and Roy Smeck have teamed together in arranging a variety of Scott Joplin and some original rags. All of the music contained herein can be played by tenor, plectrum, or 5-string banjo. It is with great pleasure that we present the joyful sound of Ragtime Banjo! Standard notation only.
Download or read book The Bach Cello Suites for Guitar written by Johann Bach and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete six Suites for unaccompanied Violoncello solo (BWV 1007-1012) by Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed for guitar in standard notation and tablature. Composed between 1717 and 1723 the six Suites are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. They are considered some of Bach's greatest musical achievements. Includes: Suite No.1 in D major (orig. G major) BWV 1007 Suite No.2 in A minor (orig. D minor) BWV 1008 Suite No.3 in G major (orig. C major) BWV 1009 Suite No.4 in Bb major (orig. Eb major) BWV 1010 Suite No.5 in G minor (orig. C minor) BWV 1011 Suite No.6 in D major BWV 1012
Download or read book Cello suite No 3 written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cello Suites written by Eric Siblin and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journey through Johann Sebastian Bach’s six cello suites and the brilliant musician who revealed their lasting genius. One fateful evening, journalist and pop-music critic Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites—an experience that set him on an epic quest to uncover the mysterious history of the entrancing compositions and their miraculous reemergence nearly two hundred years later. In pursuit of his musicological obsession, Siblin would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the disappearance of Bach’s manuscript in the eighteenth century, Pablo Casals’s discovery and popularization of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century, and Siblin’s infatuation with the suites in the present day. The search led Siblin to Barcelona, where Casals, just thirteen and in possession of his first cello, roamed the backstreets with his father in search of sheet music and found Bach’s lost suites tucked in a dark corner of a store. Casals played them every day for twelve years before finally performing them in public. Siblin sheds new light on the mysteries that continue to haunt this music more than 250 years after its composer’s death: Why did Bach compose the suites for the cello, then considered a lowly instrument? What happened to the original manuscript? A seamless blend of biography and music history, The Cello Suites is a true-life journey of discovery, fueled by the power of these musical masterpieces. “The ironies of artistic genius and public taste are subtly explored in this winding, entertaining tale of a musical masterpiece.” —Publishers Weekly “Siblin’s writing is most inspired when describing the life of Casals, showing a genuine affection for the cellist, who . . . used his instrument and the suites as weapons of protest and pleas for peace.” —Booklist, starred review
Download or read book Analytical Banjo Method written by Frank Converse and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master-work by Frank Converse, the "Father of the Banjo". Arguably, the most important manual on banjo technique ever written. Expansive explication of the stroke and classical banjo style. Facsimile of the 1890 edition.
Download or read book Dixieland Jazz Banjo written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Banjo). Tenor and plectrum banjos are key ingredients of Dixieland jazz music. The bright percussive chord strums and flashy tremolo picking glissandos help define the genre. In the 1920s, when Dixieland jazz was at its zenith, the four-string banjo was the fretted instrument of choice because it could easily be heard above the simultaneous improv of the band's clarinet, cornet, saxophone, and trombone frontline. (Electric guitars were not invented until a decade later.) The chord voicings in these expertly crafted arrangements were selected so that the melody notes were always within reach to enable the user to play chord/melody style if desired. The lead sheets consist of lyrics and two sets of chord diagrams tenor and plectrum positioned throughout the arrangements. This collection of 45 songs includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Basin Street Blues * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * Honeysuckle Rose * I Got Rhythm * Lazy River * St. Louis Blues * Sweet Georgia Brown * 'Way down Yonder in New Orleans * and more.
Download or read book J S Bach written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Johann Sebastian Bach did not write any music for the guitar, transcriptions of his unaccompanied string music and music for lute have long been a part of the guitar repertoire. Despite the respect that this music commands among musicians and audiences, debate still exists as to what constitutes an appropriate means of transcribing, interpreting and performing this music on the guitar. It is this debate that prompted this long-awaited edition of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites by scholar and concert guitarist, Stanley Yates. This definitive work includes performance scores, comparison scores, and an invaluable 40-page guide entitled Arranging, Interpreting, and Performing the Music of J.S. Bach. Furthermore, the author offers comments on his arranging process and suggestions on using this edition including: ornamentation, slurs, fingerings, notation, and implementation of the comparison scores. Written in standard notation in guitar-friendly keys.
Download or read book DADGAD Blues written by Rob MacKillop and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob MacKillop presents 20 wonderful fingerstyle blues arrangements andcompositions in DADGAD tuning. The styles covered in this book include country blues, boogie woogie left-hand piano blues, early jazz blues, gut-bucket blues and modal blues. Great traditional songs are included such as St. James Infirmary Blues, St. Louis Blues, C. C. Rider and more, alongside 15 full-length studies. The book begins with easy arrangements, progressing to intermediate and more advanced ones - in short, these blues studies will improve your technique through playable 12-bar tunes. A wide array of chord and scale fingerings are also provided, including pentatonic minor and major scales, blues scales, diminished arpeggios and scales, 7th chords, whole-tone scales and the super Locrian mode and much more! All the tunes presented have accompanying audio recorded by Rob MacKillop and are available to download
Download or read book Six Suites for Violoncello Solo written by David Starkweather and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the Bach Cello Suites is appealing to both the scholar and the performer. The genesis of this edition was the alignment of the relevant manuscripts for easy comparison and study using a line-by-line layout. It has resulted in the ultimate scholarly approach to the study of these manuscripts and has led to many discoveries concerning notes, trills, dots, dynamics, and rhythm. In the scordatura version of "Suite No. 5," pitch names are given above the notes for the re-tuned top string, clarifying confusing elements in the notation. Fingerings and bowings in this edition reflect those used on the DVD set of Starkweather's performance of the suites (item number 730150). Reference to the manuscript edition makes it possible to visually assess the ambiguity of many of the slurs and to reach one's own conclusions.
