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    Default J.S. Bach: Bourrée from French Suite #6 (BWV 817)

    Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E Major (BWV 817)
    6. Bourrée


    This is the Bourrée from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 6, played as a duet on mandolin and tenor guitar (in GDAE). The piece is originally for keyboard (clavichord or harpsichord). My recording is based on an adaptation for violin and viola by Mike Magatagan, available from Musescore:

    https://musescore.com/mike_magatagan/scores/3344076

    I have transposed the piece from E Major one full step down to D Major to make it sit better in the range of my instrumentation, and have changed the viola part from alto clef to octave treble clef

    Allmusic calls this "a sprightly Bourrée, the right hand remaining in constant motion over a strongly marked rhythm with an occasional kick". It translates pretty nicely to mandolin -- probably better than to violin/viola. Considering that this is a transposed keyboard piece, the open string harmonies are fortuitous but delightful.

    1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
    Vintage Viaten tenor guitar



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    Very nice, I love it!
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    Martin, one of the things I appreciate about you is your fearlessness in trying music and posting it. The beauty you unearth is gigantic.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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