J. S. Bach, Contrapunctus I from "Die Kunst der Fuge", solo guitar arragement
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- My arrangement of this wonderful fugue for solo guitar. As I am not a classical musician, I strove hard to accomplish the arrangement and did my best to perform it in an acceptable manner. So far I went beyond my actual abilities, so please excuse that handful of mistakes and imperfections. There is still a hell of a work to be done! The biggest problem of the piece stems from its octave extent, which is much broader than that of a guitar - and of course: it is a four-voiced counterpoint. I kept however the original key of d-minor and employed lots of harmonics, both natural and artificial to add some necessary sustain. Performed on the 1830`s anonymous guitar.
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To whom it may concern: I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
"Three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law", gonna use that one.
Hi there, amaizing job, i really mean it! wonderful playing and also score is simply beautiful.. although i just learn 12 bars in an afternoon :)
The hero we needed but did not deserve
organist here, you did an amazing (and wonderfully creative) job arranging the voices -- bravo!!! (extra credit for the vocalized d-pedal at the end!)
this made my day, thank you sir...
Thank you sir, I feel really pleased indeed. I tried to use a thumb tremolo for the sustaining D, but although it worked and could be played, it doesn’t fit the style.
Is this a Bobby that might have taken care of a dog named Jacques Cousteau?
Hello Matêj. It’s your nearly famous English friend here 😄
That guitar is perfect for this piece. It has a sound quality which cannot be reproduced on a modern instrument. Beautiful.
Hello! Glad to hear from you indeed. The guitar is really great for such music, I really love the instrument.
Impressing. Would not have guessed a 4-part would go on a guitar. Thank you for your effort, and for playing a Bach work. I am so fond of him.
Thank you. I also love Bach. When I began considering this arrangement, my original intention was not to perform it, but to learn from it as much as possible. I did not believe actually I would deliver.
Unrelated to the performance, but what a stunning instrument. WOW
You’re right. it’s an anonymous approximately 1830s guitar.
One of the greatest masterpieces of music. Also that guitar is wonderful
The fingering move at 1:11 is cool as hell!
That was actually the only option…
My god I just realized you were humming at the end. You pull out all the tricks to make this happen. Really creative stuff!
I tried a thumb tremolo for the bass pedal at first - and it worked- but finally considered that to be too far from the style…
no way you can say 'im not a classical musician'. you play classical (well, baroque) music brilliantly, so i would say that makes you one without argument :)
most classical guitarists play instruments that have a very bassy sound, but the 1830 anonymous guitar is quite thinner and tinnier, so it reminds me of a lute, and i quite like it, because it gives nice separation to the voices. of course, your amazing technique and arrangement matters more than anything else when it comes to your great sound :)
Thank you very much, I appreciate truly your kind words. I began as a rockabilly guitarist, than switched to blues and folk music and finally got into ragtime music. And after being given this very guitar I fell in love with classical and baroque music, although I had no classical training or education, only some remnants of technical basics from childhood lessons. Luckily I have never switched to the pick. You are right about the guitar and its sound qualities that are very specific indeed. Thanks again.
Bach studied each instrument to its technical, `chromatic` edges and limits first...
He would have applaused, Sir ! Thank you so much !
I thank you, sir!
@@unwrought9757 My honour,
to write you that :) You simply deserve it !
Astonishingly good. Bach is like humanity’s great great grandfather
Thank you, sir.
In 1985, I first got acquainted with Bach's "Kunst der Fuge" performed by "Ars Rediviva" on a Supraphon record. I could listen to this great work for hours every day, and I still consider the orchestral performance of "Ars Rediviva" to be the best! I am very glad that someone else loves and performs this work by Bach. Good luck and further improvement to you!
Thank you very much. I adore Ars rediviva as well, they are great indeed.
Love the French sailor outfit
I heard that Bach's favorite instrument was the clavichord, a small, quiet instrument with an intimate and nuanced expressive capability, particularly suited to his musical style. As such, I believe JS would approve here.
I actually read the same! Yet I dare not hope nevertheless…Thank you very much for your kind words sir.
Very good arrangement and performance, subscribed, greetings.
Thank you very much it was a great deal of work for me to handle such complicated and complex music.
It is so nice to see you making videos again! Please do more! Every time I play my acoustic guitar, I play the first ragtime video you did with the pink walls in the background. My son, now 14 remembers me playing that song for him at bedtime. You are an amazing talent and thank you for enriching future generations. Thank you.
Joseph
Dear Joseph, I don’t know what to say, I cannot think of an appropriate answer for such praise. I know I post my videos very rarely but people such as you are the real reason to keep working. Thank you indeed.
This is the best performance of this I've heard. And I've listened to a lot of them...
Thank you very much for your kind words, sir. I did my best.
Wow… holy f*** man, that’s incredible. Super cool guitar first off, but this version is mind blowing. It’s like nails on a chalkboard when I hear musicians with formal training butcher baroque music. I’ve always felt like it was just meant to be a “here are the notes, go shred my brethren” kind of thing when this stuff was originally put down on paper. There’s sooo much emotion in this piece - and you bring it across in the right way
Forgot to so say it’s almost the exact timing of Glenn goulds version
Thank you very much, sir! I feel really pleased that you like my arrangement so much.I agree completely with your opinion about Baroque music and its guitar interpretation , which very often lacks emotions and the right feeling. Sometimes it has no feeling at all..
@@robertcolucci4137 I did not know that I swear!
Actually I’m wrong on that, just listened and his is longer by a minute, but very similar feeling. m.th-cam.com/video/zwkzf-KUNPM/w-d-xo.html
You should check out Evangelina mascardi playing the Bach lute suites when you have a chance, she’s amazing
@@robertcolucci4137 I immediately listened to Mr Gould after having read your comment. You are right. And thanks for another great recommendation! I will find it as soon as possible!
Sir, you did something almost impossible and extremely hard. 4 voices fugue on a guitar, it sounds crazy. But you did it and it sounds great. Bravo !
Thank you very much for your kind words. I appreciate that indeed.
Bravo 👍🙂!
Thank you!
Wow !!
Proof that there is hope in humanity. Not once but 4 times: The composition, the arrangement, the playing and that guitar Oh my Wakan Tanka:)))))
The fact that you are not a classical musician is probably your strength! Beautiful performance and arrangement, thanks for the inspiration
Thank you for your kind words. The lack of the classical background is basically a complication, but sometimes I am really about to think that it could help me to see some things quite differently and thus to be able to play them in a new way. At least I hope so.
wonderfull
!!!! GREAT, GREAT, GREAT !!!!
Dear sir, you can hardly imagine how deeply I am pleased by such a praise from you, Maestro. Muchas gracias de verdad! Amo tu música mucho, porque tu técnica está maravillosa y también tus cualidades interpretación. Usted toca con lleno corazón!
This actually touched me.
Lots of mechanical play out there. To be honest I hear even more poetic possibilities.
Taking more freedoms in expressing the emotion of the theme.
This is wonderful in it's musicality.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, sir. I try to play it better with better understanding of the structure every time. Sometimes I might succeed. I hope I can improve it a bit.
Amazing❤🎉🎉& thank you for generously sharing the score! 🎉🎉
You’re welcome sir. I know I am not much of a businessman, but I hope that everyone who is really interested in playing Bach on guitar will use the score only for himself.
This arrangement is incredible, bravo!
Thanks, I tried my best.
This is the only version except Glen Gould on piano that I love to listen and im coming back again and again to listen to it, great job, Sir! Thank You. I wish I have tabs for guitar for this because I can read notes easy for piano/accordion but im totally stupid as for notes on guitar because I learned guitar by myself and I never used notes for that and im too lazy and my brain is too old I guess for this kind of learning now. Ok, I know it's always possible, lets just say I'm just too lazy, anyway thanks for giving us notes of your interpretation, I believe that I will translate it to tabs one day, the day when I will find mental strenght to do it because knowledge isn't the thing that run the life force, at least in my case.
Thank you so very much for your prayers indeed! However, I must harshly disappoint you by admitting that I cannot write tabs. It’s quite difficult to me and it would take me months to manage. Nevertheless, there is the score available here for free. I hope il will help you.
I started as an organ player, and at teens became more familiar with guitar. Never played the contrapunctus myself on either instrument, but naturally familiar with the B A C H structural idea, beautiful arrangement and dedication to the craft. Kudos to you, sir.
Thank you very much for your kind words, sir.
Great! Thank you so much!
You’re welcome sir!
That guitar is lovely wow. Sound is very unique almost has this lute overtone quality its really nice to listen to
Thank you very much. Indeed the guitar is very special, I love it.
This is fantastic!!
Thank you sir.
Oh my gosh. I love this piece i never thought this possible on guitar! Thank you ill try learning this one by using your video
To be honest I didn’t believe it either when I began. My original thought was not to play it but to learn from it as much as possible, I continued then bar by bar - and one day I realised that I could play it. I wrote the score, the link could be amongst comments.
Your attention and devotion to this really shows. Good job.
I´d like to be as Non-classical musician as you are. This is delightful. And the guitar is amazing.
Thank you indeed. I would love to understand classical music more. That’s why I tried to manage this arrangement. As for the guitar - it is an anonymous instrument (probably German or Czech) built around 1830. I just love it’s sweet and weeping sound.
I'd say you did an extraordinary job!
Thank you very much sir.
Wonderful and creative arrangement! This Guitar sound is amazing! Thank you for this!
The pleasure is all mine, sir.
This is nice!
so good to see you back!! please upload more ragtime!!
What a Great surprise, it's been so long. I love your arrangements, if your not a classical musician then I dont know who is. Your one of my favorites!
Do you think you could do some intermediate Guitar tutorials. That would be awesome.
Thanks a lot, really. I could`t believe it was so long. I`ll try post new things more often. And as for your idea: maybe, it is at least worth considering.
That's a superb arrangement and brilliantly played. Quite stunning.
Thank you very much for such words.
Super metal
This is very nicely done! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you, sir!
Amazing!!! awesome work Sir!
Thank you very much. It took me a while indeed to accomplish that.
I tried an alternate arrangement of the end, using a thumb tremolo for the sustaining D in the bass, but it did not work to my satisfaction. First it is quite difficult to be performed, but first of all it sounds too modern and attacks the composition rhythmically.
unwrought,
very nicely done: intellectual clarity and passion balanced.
Thank you very much indeed.
ba meu deus do ceu arrepiei
Muchas gracias señor! Yo no hablo portugués me creo que entiendo bien… Muchas gracias otra vez! Yo tuve que trabajar mucho para Encontrar El camino como tocar este música muy complicada. Yo no soy un músico clásico..
This is superb. Huge work! Bravo 👏👏👏
Thank you very much, sir.
Loistavaa Matti ❤❤❤
Qué bello
beautiful!
Thank you.
Wonderful ! and on a beautiful old guitar
Thank you! I love that guitar indeed. It’s anonymous, presumably Czech or German around 1830’s.
@@unwrought9757 Look greats and the sound is beautiful
Sounds like actual counterpoint, way better than all the classical musicians, great stuff
sergio s Thank you, I tried my best. it’s very complex music, very difficult to play.
Superb.
Thank you!
good to see you again-your music brings me to joy again and again-1000 thanks
It is a pleasure for me, thanks. I`ll do my best not to disappoint you, nor any other of my friends here. Hope I have a few more cards upon my sleeve.
It's so perfect
Thank you very much.
Tremendo! Felicitaciones!
Muchas gracias!
Beautiful, also love your guitar
It’s an anonymous 1830’s guitar, probably of Czech or German origin. Inside there is only a vignette signed by a luthier who did the repair in 1877. Unfortunately the one with the name of the maker is missing
Lovely arrangement and playing.
Thank you very much!
That guitar is gorgeous...
Yes it really is! Thanks for your comment! I love that instrument really much and I love it even more the more I play it. Its sweet and romantic tone is irresistible indeed.
Now C9!
Post more videos! Been too long.
nice shirt :)
Amazing. I wish I had the tabs for how you did this piece.
I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
Hello Mr. Rak,
superb work and interpretation.
what is the tuning of the guitar please?
E A D G B E ?
Thank you very much
Yes, I always use the standard tuning. For a while I was considering drop D tuning, but it was not too useful.
First of all great arrangement! It's beautiful! What kind of guitar is that? It's beautiful! I'd like to get one!
Thank you! It is an anonymous (presumably Viennese) circa 1830’s guitar. It was luckily found in an old barn. Such guitars are still to be bought or found the time from time.
You made an amazing arrangement! Would you, please, have the scores for this piece?
Yes, I do. And sorry for my replying so late…
I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
Great performance! I love it! What kind of guitar is that? Forgive my ignorance but I've never seen anything like that, it's beautiful!
It is an anonymous circa 1830’s guitar of so called vienesse type. I luckily happened to be given this one and I profoundly love her for her sweet and lovely tone.
@@unwrought9757 You're a lucky man, sir! Thanks for the precious info!
That's a very unique looking guitar to me. Is it really old? Or custom made for you?
Yes, it really is an old guitar. Approximately 1830’s anonymous.
You should share your arrangements,
Here you are: www.rajce.net/a17592935 thanks a lot for your kind words!
Nice arrangement and presentation! In my opinion it could be actually a little bit more simple. Because in your arrangement there is so much going on, it’s hard to control all the levels of fugue.
I can´t find the damn guitar tab!!! please share it XD
Thanks for your interest, bud I havenť written the tabs yet. And to be honest I am not sure, whether I will ever do so. I`ve almost finished the score so far.
To whom it may concern: I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
I need this tab ☆_☆
Dio cucitore di scarpe della Nike sottopagato unfortunately I don’t have any:-(
Hey, how did you manage to get this guitar? And what kind of strings are you using with it? How's the volume on it? Thanks!
Mr Václav Svoboda, luthier here in Prague, happened to find the guitar in some village barn where it was bound to be burned in the stove. However the guitar was not in hopeless condition so he finally brought it back to life. I use the Savarez normal tension strings which work well. The measure of the guitar is some 3 cm shorter than that of the modern one and I use 430 tuning, so it doesn’t present an inappropriate tension for the instrument. I really love the instrument for its sweet and melancholic tone.
@@unwrought9757 you're very fortunate! I'm envious. Please take good care of it!
@@ww3032 I would envy it to anyone else of course. I do my best to keep it safe, be sure. I have never dared to dream of such a guitar, I had no hope to get one. Then deus ex machina fetched me one..
How can I learn this sir.??
To whom it may concern: I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
1o.
Do you have the score pls?
Elbetze Not yet, but almost finished.
@@unwrought9757 I loved your arrangement! :), could you pass it to me at olivaresmarco10@gmail.com when you finish it please?
Greetings!
Elbetze hope I won’t forget:-) But with pleasure nevertheless.
To whom it may concern: I have been considering to share the score for a long time indeed since it took me a few months to finish the arrangement. It might be foolish to share it for free, considering how much musical litter is to be paid for all around, but it was the great Bach who wrote it, not me. I’m a mere translator. Bach’s wife died in poverty while current three-chord-pickers relish the benefit of copyright law. So here is the score. An important notice: I wrote it in two staves to make the voices clear and comprehensible but it is not meant to be a two-guitar arrangement however; if so it should have been arranged in a different manner. refraktorian.rajce.idnes.cz/Contrapunctus_l%2C_J._S._Bach/
@@unwrought9757 Thank you very much!
Un sonido muy pequeño. Las uñas demasiado largas del maestro, no ayudan mucho. Sus manos son muy grandes. Su ejecución, por cierto, debe ser maravillosa en guitarras de concierto actuales.
Naturalmente, yo toco también la guitarra moderna, pero amo mucho esta guitarra vieja. Yo no soy un guitarrero clásico, pero yo hago lo mejor que puedo para encontrar el camino! Gracias, señor!
The sound he gets is not clean enough. Too many twangs and overplucking.
Zeit Geist indeed.
My goal was not to attain a brilliant performance - l generously pass that burden to better guitarists - but to manage the arrangement. I feel that I succeeded, although I almost surrendered many times.
@@unwrought9757 I'm sure with a little more practice you'll get there. You're 4/5 of the way there!
@@Cantbuyathrill maybe, but it takes a lot of time - the commodity I have only in limited amount. Such music is far from my style, as I am mostly ragtime guitarist. This is a study for me.