Nine Bach Piano Pieces You Should Learn - Beginner To Advanced -
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
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Time Stamps
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Who Was Bach?
----Beginner Level----
01:45 - Prelude in C Major
03:01 - Musette in D Major
03:39 - Gavotte in G Major
----Intermediate Level----
04:28 - Gavotte in G Minor
05:06 - Invention in F Major
06:05 - Fugue in C Minor
----Advanced Level----
07:02 - Fugue in G Minor
08:18 - Goldberg Variations "Variation 20"
08:55 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
----SHEET MUSIC LINKS----
1. Prelude in C Major
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2. Musette in D Major
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3. Gavotte in G Major
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4. Gavotte in G minor
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5. Bach Invention in F Major
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6. Fugue in C minor
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7. Bach Fugue in G minor
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8. Bach Goldberg Variations No. 20
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9. Piano Concerto in D minor
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A few remarks. The list includes a few pieces from the Anna Magdalena Notebook. This notebook is a compilation of pieces and most of them were NOT composed by JS Bach. This is a common mistake that should be avoided, especially because most of those pieces (like the Musette in D) do not represent Bach’s compositional style.
The video mentions that the Baroque period (ca. 1650-1650) is one of the earliest periods of music. This is an unnecessary and wrong remark that ignores History. The Baroque was preceded by more than five centuries of music and key composers who lived during the Medieval and Renaissance perIods and who set the foundations of Western classical music.
Hello thank you for your expertise I really appreciate your feedback and I’m gonna Pin your comment so people can see the corrections!
I love music and studied commercial music and piano performance, not music history specifically it’s just an interest of mine as a pianist. So I’m definitely NOT an expert but I’m learning more everyday and I learned something from you and I hope others can too. Thanks again 😀
And yes I agree with your comment regarding western music. When I’ve taken western music history courses in the past usually we will spend 1-2 weeks on Hildegard and Gregorian Chant ETC and breeze through 300-400 years before “starting” in the baroque era so I agree that is hubris and a common mistake I’ve made and since learned from haha
Brilliant thank you so much been playing years and every day there is something new to learn thank you Jordan.
Excellent and very educational pick!!!! Must try to have a go !!!!!
I think the video was well put together. I liked the thoughtful suggestions, I liked the time stamp, and I liked you have some sheet notation. Next up for me will be the Gavote
Currently obsessed with the bach Air two pages took me a month to learn it. I was absolutely working to get every single note right. It's just wonderful. I love it. It's probably my favorite piece now.
That is an INCREDIBLE piece of music. Thank you for sharing - if you post a video let me know 😀
I like the cat!
Thank you for an excellent video. I loved all the commentary on Bach and his era. I look forward to your next video!
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I’m planning on getting back into making UA-cam videos consistently - I am a full time music teacher/musician let me know if there is anything you’d like me to make a video about!
You did a great job here. Thank you so much for the Bach Lesson.Keep up the GREAT work.
Thanks so much!! I’m gonna be getting back into making all kinds of videos in the future about music theory, history, practicing, what it’s like working full time in music ETC. let me know if you have any suggestions for me I really appreciate your input!!
Thanks for the video. Excellent! BTW...Love your kitty. 🙂
Thanks for the kind comment. I have 3 cats total - 2 of them love to make appearances in the videos lol
Thank you for you video! Bach is my favorite composer. Can't stop listening to his music since I've discovered his Sublime Beauty, Peace and hormony.
Even started to learn to play keyboard because of his music. Thank you for the list of another beautiful music pieces! May God bless you and loved ones.
Hello thanks for you kind comment. Bach is definitely one of my favorites but I think Beethoven and Schubert just barely overtake him. His fugues are one of my biggest inspirations to learning keyboard as well!!
Very helpful video, thanks. And I like the kitty!
I'd also say that at least the first four French Suites are utterly indispensable, but get an Urtext edition rather than heavily edited versions (especially Czerny's). If you can find it, Rosalyn Tureck's three-volume "Introduction to the Performance of Bach" is excellent as are the two volumes of Walter Carroll's "First Lessons in Bach".
Merci
My favorite Bach piece: the G# minor prelude from Book 2 of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Listen to Wanda Landowska's performance on the harpsichord, available on UA-cam.
Hey I will listen to it - thank you for the recommendation!! I really appreciate you leaving a comment 😄
@@JordanEvansMusic Hi Jordan, thank you for your channel, and for making Bach's music more visible and approachable.
Do you know about the Netherlands Bach Society UA-cam channel? The NBS has been uploading hundreds of performances of Bach's music on period instruments. Their goal is to record and post ALL of Bach's works. The performances range from excellent to sublime -- check it out!
I watched this because you commented on my comment and I'm glad I did. Great video and I loved your co-host (kitty). :)
I have three cats, they all make guest appearances. 16 pets total, most are farm animals though. Thanks so much for checking it out I appreciate your kind comment
Brilliant panoramic view of where Bach starts and takes you to. Pity the fugue is an organ piece because now I want to play it.
Fantástico vídeo
Thanks for you kind words!!
Your cat is very entertaining... 😊
Invention 8 surprised me to the difficulty. I needed to put it aside and study and practice other things, i might be ready now.
The reason the fugue in G minor is mostly heard on the organ is, well, because it's written for organ, with a pedal part. If you just play the original on a piano, you're leaving a very important part out.
A few corrections - Bach didn't pioneer the fugue, it was around for a century before. Also, he wrote fugues w up to 6 voices
Great video
Thanks for your kind words :)
Having lived with Bach all my life, I would suggest "Listen to the great masterpieces: the B Minor Mass, the great organ works, the prominent cantatas, the instrumental concerti -- to motivate you to _want to play_ what you can of his works on the keyboard." My meeting with Bach at age 11 was the D minor double violin concerto BWV 1043, on an LP record, and from there I went on to study organ and compose contrapuntal music all my life. To know the colossus which is Bach should be the strongest motivation to want to explore this world of genius and emotion. Once I met the St. Matthew Passion, that set the course forever.
BWV 578 (G minor "Little fugue") on the piano won't work because you can't use your feet as needed. Playing Bach organ works on the piano is much, much more difficult than playing them on the organ, and hardly to be recommended to beginners. What an odd choice for representative Goldberg variation, too - How about 17? 25? The aria itself?
PS. As I'm sure you know, Bach did not write ANY "piano concerti", no matter how good his clavier concerti sound on the piano. But you do need an orchestra!
But thank you for spreading the word of Bach in any form.
I'm new to Bach and want to know if I can do it before spending a life time. So I'm learning Partita No.2 in C Minor, BWV 826 Allegro part, which I think is supposed to be at 109 BPM metronome. I'm probably up to 80 BPM right now without any mistakes and up to this point the fingering seems to be the same. But as I try to speed up the fingering changes. It seems like I'm having to use my wrist more. Is this because I still haven't mastered it at low speed or is this normal? In other words, do I just keep repeating the wrong part because I'm playing too fast, or do I just keep playing it at 80 BPM till I super-master it, which sort of doesn't make sense to me, because what if I spend endless time super-mastering it and still unable to play at at 109 BPM? Hope this makes sense and thanks in advance
Hey thanks for your comment and let me see if I can offer some advice…
You’ve made some amazing observations and you are really thoughtful about practice. I love comparing stuff like this to improving at weightlifting - you’re not gonna go from 20 lbs to 100 lbs - over weeks, months, and years you’re gonna go from 20 to 25 to 30 to 35 maybe 35 again then 40 etc…
So metronome is a GREAT way to train ourselves and move up in small increments- so try going from 80 and do that for a few days then do 85 for a few days and then 90. As you approach 109 you can even go from 100 to 102 for example.
It’s also good to work on technique like scales and arpeggios using a metronome and really focus on keeping your wrists relaxed and make sure you fingers are doing all the work. If you practice those techniques during your warm ups it will become effortless when you’re playing the pieces.
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to improve so quickly you can take your time! Slow consistency will add up and you’ll be shocked at what you can achieve!!
@@JordanEvansMusic Thanks for the tips. The reason I was sort of confused was because I noticed Glen Gould would play the parts at normal speed, stop at mistakes, and repeat until he got it. But that' Glen Gould LOL....
You're correct about fingers instead of wrist. I stopped using wrist, which I read in some forum and wondered, and much better now. I also have carpal tunnel which doesn't help
Thanks
If you are new to Bach you should certainly not start with the Partitas but with easier polyphonic pieces. I would suggest you master first a couple of 2 voice Inventions, followed by a few 3 voice Sinfonias before venturing into the Partitas, which are much more complex from a composition and polyphonic voicing perspective. Several of the French or English Suites are also simpler than the Partitas.
@@ampac So here is the problem so far, I was wrong and I'm up to 88bpm and when i record and speed up to 109 it sounds exactly like Gould or others. But when I try 90+ my left hand can't do 1/8th notes or faster. It's almost like my fingers freeze or something and I have to use my wrist and play incorrectly by lifting my wrist to do it. But it's fine in 1/8 notes and slower. The other problem is my neighbors complain so I'm using a $50 synth but it is weighted keys but there is no sustain so I have to hold the notes with my fingers because it's so choppy and that slows me down too. the way I see it, it could take weeks to get up to 100+. Thanks for help
It'd be important to mention that Bach composed this music for the instruments available in his time: pipe organ, harpsichord, clavichord. He never played the fortepiano, let alone the modern (equally-out-of-tune) piano.
I play guitar and I tried learning some compositions I enjoy, like the Brandenburg Concertos. Man, it was a struggle! I almost gave up, because it was too fucking hard! Turns out I didn't have the proper technique so I had to stumble upon the solution and now I have the technique and I can play along. But it was hard. You know the pedal thing Bach likes to do? That is fucking hard to play on the guitar. I guess on the violin is easier. Oh, God, why didn't I choose the violin instead? My musical life would be so much easier. Bach is awesome.
It’s amazing what becomes more effortless once you master the techniques. I had some friends in college who played classical guitar and it BLOWS MY MIND. Too much for me to wrap my head around haha - thanks for stopping by!
Great video. I love Bach but when you're a beginner, he is as huge and difficult as Mount Everest and almost makes you want to quit. But I keep working on the beginner pieces because they are so wonderful to play.
Yes I agree some of his music is extremely difficult - try the prelude in C major! Even as a beginner you’ll start to see the patterns!
Keyboard pieces... They are keyboard pieces.
Thanks for the clarification you are correct haha
Are you classically trained? Or are you talking like that just to be accessible, I’m confused
Both 😅. I do have a commercial music degree and my focus was piano performance but I definitely am not an expert in classical music and drums/percussion is actually my primary instrument. But I work now as a piano teacher and mostly work as a collaborative pianist so I spend most of my time doing piano - definitely not an expert/master but I love sharing what I have learned! Thanks for your comment 😄
It's not BAK.........It's BAH !!!!
I’ve heard it both ways!! You’re probably right. Hope you come BAK
That's right. It's pronounced [bax] not [bak]. The phoneme [x] is also present in the Scottish word 'loch' /lɒx/.
@@TonyBittner-Collins That's right - Scottish word 'loch' /lɒx/.Besides.....sometimes it is helpful to start to
listen to the other languages, and pay attention to the pronunciation....In this case GERMAN.....
I didn't like the concept of the video much. More music, less talking, generally rather talking AFTER playing would have been more sensible. Just my opinion, though.
Those are great thoughts!! I plan on making more videos like this in the future and I’ll try that out. Either way I appreciate you stopping by and giving me some constructive feedback I’m always happy to learn 😄
@@JordanEvansMusic I appreciate you dedicating these videos to classical music.
Then make your own video
@@DesignEcologies Wow! So original. Is that what you do?
@@JordanEvansMusic It was great as it was
AI sounds better.... Bach is overrated....
That’s an interesting comparison!! I think Bach’s contribution to music has completely formed how we have created music for the last 300 plus years. Pop and contemporary music today is heavily influenced by the musical elements Bach pioneered.
Whereas I believe AI will change how music is created and listen to in the future for better or worse. Thanks for you comment I really appreciate your engagement 😃
Nope