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mellow
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(5/22/01 2:00:47 pm)
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MY FIRST
QUESTION! Re: Bach suites
Hi!!
Here's my first question ever on this ezboard!
Ok, in the
Prelude in Suite 1, i find it extremely difficult to play the last
chord quick enough after the preceding note. The way i do the
fingering, I have to swap my fingers around (from 4th on the D
string and 3rd on the A string to 3rd on D and 4th on A) and I find
this very very taxing? Is there a better way to play these notes, or
is anyone having, or have had, the same problem?
Any suggestions
would be welcomed with open arms!!!
Thanx guyz!
Hannah
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Parker
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(5/22/01 2:11:55 pm)
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don't forget
your 3rd finger!
You can play the B in the last chord with 2 and the G with 3,
making for an easier shift - just take your 4th finger off the C,
leave 3 on the A string and shift the hand up a half step for the
last chord. Simple!
(sounds more complicated than it is)
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(5/22/01 2:13:19 pm)
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Re: MY FIRST
QUESTION! Re: Bach suites
Welcome!
Well, you've got to play an open G string, why not
taking a little time at the start of the chord to switch your
fingers around?
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dennisw
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(5/22/01 2:16:53
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Re: MY FIRST
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You may find it easier to swap 1 & 2 rather than 3 & 4.
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mellow
cello
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(5/22/01 2:54:50 pm)
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Re: MY FIRST
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Thank u!!!!!! I'm off to experiment!!!!!!!
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zambocello
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(5/23/01 12:31:33
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Another
solution
I choose to play F# with 2 and C with 3 in the penultimate measure,
then contract back to unextended 4th position for the last chord.
(i.e. 4 on G, 3 on B.)
This is the same logic but the other
direction as Parker Garvin's suggestion. I especially prefer this
fingering because I find it easier for 3 to arch over the A string
than for 4 (to play the C in the penultimate measure.)
Maybe
the most important part of any solution is not to hurry to the last
chord. (The conductor has no problem following in this piece.) 
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Paul
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(5/23/01 11:13:19 am)
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RIGHT!
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Maybe the most important part of any solution is not to hurry to
the last chord.
After all, it IS the end
of the movement, isn't it?
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