![]() ![]() Due to my particular combination of strengths (great ear) and weaknesses (can’t read notation to save my life), I have needed to intensively analyze and memorize the piece before I could play it. ![]() Also, it’s a perfect test case for the power of Ableton Live as a tool for learning canonical classical works generally. I plan to use it for teaching, for example in Fundamentals of Western Music at the New School. This video scrolls through his entire manuscript synced to a recording!īeyond the sheer aesthetic joy of it, I have a couple of different motivations for struggling through the Chaconne. Also, here are measures 81 through 117 of the Chaconne from Bach’s manuscript: If you want to try too, here’s a violin score. As of this writing, I can stumble through the whole piece, and can get through the first half in a way that sounds almost musical. This journey has been one long reward for the obsessive-compulsive side of my personality. Here’s Christopher Parkening doing my favorite interpretation by a guitarist (I do not sound remotely like this): I have been spending much of my free time during the pandemic learning how to play the Bach Chaconne on guitar, drawing heavily on Rodolfo Betancourt’s transcription. You can now read this post in Spanish on Deviolines ![]()
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