Johann Sebastian Bach on Bass Guitar

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Deep Devotion: J.S. Bach on Bass Guitar, has just been released through our indie label.

Twenty arrangements, for one to four bass guitars, covering both sacred & secular, vocal & instrumental works from the master's oeuvre. All tracks were performed on a standard - four strings, twenty-four frets, long scale - electric bass.

Free full-length MP3s:

http://netdotmusic.com/audio/BWV_1007_Prelude.mp3 (arr. in D Maj)

http://netdotmusic.com/audio/BWV_848_Prelude.mp3

http://netdotmusic.com/audio/BWV_578.mp3

Track Listing:

   1. Prelude, Suite 1 in G Major for Solo Cello (arr. in D Major), BWV 1007
   2. "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
   3. Allegro, Concerto in A minor, after Vivaldi (Op. 3 No. 8), BWV 593
   4. Prelude 1 in C Major, with Charles Gounod's "Ave Maria", BWV 846
   5. Fughetta, Prelude and Fughetta in G Major (arr. in C Major), BWV 902
   6. Gute Nacht, Chorale Prelude, Motet 3 in E minor, BWV 227
   7. Badinerie, Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067
   8. Inventio 14 in Bb Major, Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 785
   9. Prelude 3 in C# Major, The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book I, BWV 848
 10. Contrapunctus 4, The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
 11. Allegro, Sonata in C Major for Solo Flute, BWV 1033
 12. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Bass Aria, Mass in B minor, BWV 232
 13. Inventio 8 in F Major, Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 779
 14. Gigue, Suite in C minor for Lute (arr. in A minor), BWV 997
 15. "Goldberg" Variatio 1, Aria with Divers Variations, BWV 988
 16. Minuet in D minor, Anna Magdalena Bach 1725 Notebook, BWV Anh. 132
 17. Fugue in G Major "à la Gigue", BWV 577
 18. Laß mein Herz die Münze sein, Bass Aria, Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163
 19. Minuet II, Suite 1 in G Major for Unaccompanied Violoncello, BWV 1007
 20. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

For complete information, please visit http://BachBassGuitar.com or http://JSBachBass.com

[isaac42]

I didn't know Bach wrote for bass guitar!

[netdotmusic]

On ‎3‎/‎22‎/‎2020 at 1:26 PM, isaac42 said:

I didn't know Bach wrote for bass guitar!

Not too many people know this, but Leo Fender - whose real name was Count Leonidas van Fenderlick - was a German nobleman, as well as a vampire, born circa 1420.

Sometime around his 300th birthday, he was in Cöthen where Bach was kapellmeister. He showed the maestro a prototype for what would eventually become the Precision Bass, referring to it as the 'Fender Well-Tempered Bass (TM)'. This early four-string worked on static electricity, generated by dozens of rats running on carpeted wheels inside individual cages, with copper wires attached to a lovely wooden and glass cabinet, with an arched cornice over two parquetry inlaid doors, with added vine work pewter medallions on each side. But I digress...

Bach was intrigued by the instrument's "backward tuning" in fourths, and wrote hundreds of pieces for this bass, throughout the 1720s. As you might imagine, all were 'miniatures', since changing angry and exhausted rodents in the middle of a performance led to many problems.

Unfortunately, Leo did not like any of the compositions, and second-hand accounts recall Fender telling Bach to "stick to his clavier instruments".

None of the original manuscripts made it down to us, since Bach sold them all as toilet paper. Evidently, they had the same supply and demand problem back then, as we do right now!

I wish you and yours health and happiness during these trying times.

[isaac42]

I did not know that. Thanks for educating me!

[Steelrabbit]

Interesting! When I was learning to play bass, I practiced with a couple of movements from Bach Ste. #2 in Bmin! I really enjoyed blending my bass with the strings. I don't feel so alone after 41 years! Thanks!