Basic Rules of Articulation in the Music of Bach as written down by C.P.E. Bach

Peter Katona speaks about the basic rules of articulation based on historical evidence, the Piano Method of C.P.E. Bach. He compares how the E major Prelude is played on the guitar, violin and the organ.

[@JapaneseCarillonist]

thank you for sharing summary of Bach's articulation basic.

[@elisabetmantopoulou5180]

Many things are verry clear for me now. Thank you!!!

[@Joseph-Lau]

Hello there! We have met once at Iserlohn guitar festival. I still remember remembering yours fantastic guitar duo concerto.
Thanks for your excellent and convincing explanation! I used to play in the way that you mentioned, all legato or even over ring it. I also be inspired by playing some piano music.
I used to feel hesitate to articulate my guitar music, not only Bach music, as it is not a mainstream approach in classical guitar from what I hear. It took me a lot of effort and time to accept, appreciate and learn it.

[@musicoscope]

thank you, excellent!

[@jowade1]

Thanks, lots of food for thought and I'm totally convinced. Just listened to a 'guitar style' version. 'Sickly' is exactly the right description. No wonder it makes you mad (you don't say this but it's obvious). Perhaps as guitarists we yearn for the kind of sustain other instruments take for granted, then apply it in all the wrong places?

[@fryderyckchopin484]

What books can be useful to have this information about Bach articulations then?

[@KMT9999]

Very informative. I look forward to hearing more of your excellent performances putting this theory into practice.

[@EmileRibokaite]

Thank you so much for such informative video, that’s a treasure for me!

[@JacarandaMusic]

Another little thought; you mention the organist at 8:42 observing those short durations, but to be fair, at that tempo it's pretty moot whether they could have been much longer, for the mechanical reason your explain later, e.g. the need for the key and the finger to return. Plus in the reverberant acoustic that organs live in, nobody is going to notice much difference there anyhow.

[@jackdolphy8965]

Terrifically interesting, Thank you. Given that JS Bach's keyboard music was written and intended for either the harpsichord or the organ, It appears to me that these 'rules' of articulation come as part and parcel of what the harpsichord does, not necessarily the organ. Obviously, the mechanics of the harpsichord dictate precisely how articulation is created. These rules seem to be the explanation by CPE of how articulation was created by the harpsichord - - CPE was simply claryfiing how the harpsichord articulates the subject passages, no matter how the player might wish to interfere. Certainly guitars and the modern piano, and all instruments except the harpsichord can easily interfere. The organ is an entirely different case and you did uncover a lot about how the organ can articulate. Still it does seem that these 'rules' come out of the harpsichord music. Do I misunderstand this? What am I missing?

[@JacarandaMusic]

This is marvellous. Peter didn't think to include the links to the performances mentioned at the end ... so here they are; ua-cam.com/video/k5sk68R_SOw/v-deo.html is the duet, and ua-cam.com/video/xQMDfNCkZPU/v-deo.html the solo.

[@andychongks]

May i know what is the article name of this information or WHERE does this information came from ?

[@aswantek]

Fascinating...

[@richardharrisonsmith-pt4998]

Very interesting!!