Bach on Piano: Lute Music Transcribed!

28 May 2025 · 2 min

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So, so rhythm-driven and so, you know, like really it sounds like a dance suite from like one of the Bachitas or something like that. And yeah, a lot of hemiola going on and I love those. Oh, same. And you played so beautifully. So, but what would be the challenging part where you transcribe a piece from, you know, originally written for lute and lautenberg. Is that how you call this?
Lautenberg, I think, is— there was the general name in Bach's times for these types of instruments that were a lute, you know, strings with a keyboard.
Yeah. Interesting instrument. Has that lute-like quality of tone, but then, but the instrument is keyboard instead of, you know. Right.
It was roughly speaking like a harpsichord with gut strings. So it sounded a little bit more gentle. It was a different tone, like a warmer tone, they say.
Right, right, right. Did you have to alter anything for this to apply to this modern piano?
Well, I think every time you go from one instrument to another, there's considerations and choices.
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