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  • Re: Order of Difficulty in Bach Suites

    From Alex Brown@21:1/5 to bill folk on Thu Oct 28 01:30:00 2021
    On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 2:11:22 PM UTC+10, bill folk wrote:
    On Jul 19, 5:25 pm, Dicerous <dicer...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Jul 19, 5:23 pm, Douglas Seth <douglasse...@gmail.com> wrote:





    On Jul 19, 6:27 pm, bill folk <bill.f...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Jul 19, 5:11 am, Douglas Seth <douglasse...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Jul 19, 2:25 am, bill folk <bill.f...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Jul 15, 11:57 am, Steve Bosell <lute...@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Has anyone ordered the Bach Lute, Violin and Cello suites in order of
    difficulty for guitar?

    In order of difficulty (ascending):
    1008
    996
    1007
    1009
    995
    1012
    997/1011
    1010
    1006
    1002 and 1004 - equal difficulty.

    Hope this helps.

    Hi Bill,
    How did you compile this list? Is it your opinion or did you get it from someone else. Very neat and succinct, however, I am not sure I agree with with it completely. For the cello suites especially, it would depend on the arrangement you are using. The key the suite is arranged in would largely determine its difficulty.

    Doug

    Hi Doug,
    I have worked on all of some of the suites, and some of all of the suites, and this list is my opinion, based on my experiences with the movements which I have studied. But really, I just kind of pulled this list out of, um, thin air, to stimulate discussion. I think they are all hard, and trying to list them in this way is a futile exercise,
    but the OP wanted a list, and for his sins I gave him one.
    On a related note, which of these suites would you recommend for someone who would like to learn their first complete suite? I started with 996, but I don't think I would recommend that one.

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    Hi Bill,
    I would probably recommend Cello Suite No. 1 arranged in C major.
    Pretty Straight forward for Bach.

    My teachers always made me transcribe from a recording. You should
    try it too Bill!
    Sounds like a good plan. I like the 1007 Prelude in A - I wonder if
    the whole suite will work in that key.
    I'm enjoying this set - http://www.amazon.com/Bachs-Cello-Suites-Analyses-Explorations/dp/0253218969
    - anyone else looked this over? It would be nice there was something
    similar for the Lute Suites.

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