J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲, itsuka italia in F minor, 260423 arrangement

ZOOM h1n

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (h1n)

These days, I organized data, artworks, etc.

I remembered a piano teacher with whom I studied as an adult at Kawai Omotesandou.  She recommended this suite - perhaps she liked playing it.  It was at that time that I finally learned it.   

I recorded this suite in 2023.  I played the 1st and 3rd movements on digital harpsichord.

I've been thinking about how to enjoy playing them (the first and third movements).

(I like the 2nd movement.)

This time I played all the movements on digital piano.  

I think that it is difficult to play since I may feel that in some parts the first notes of the right and left hands are not so harmonized well.

I found that I felt the score, as a set of shapes, may be beautiful - scale (big flows) and tiny  flows, etc.  

The piano teacher I mentioned said that she felt good whenever she played it well.  

This time I realized that whether I can play it through to the end may depend on the atmosphere and spirituality at the moment, as well as my physical condition and finger technique.

The above three tracks are the earliest recordings using ZOOM h1n.  

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The first movement (recording track using ZOOM h1n) received a copy right claim for using an audio of a CD.  I submitted a dispute.  

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ZOOM H1essential

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (H1essential)

I bought a new recorder ZOOM H1essential, 32bit floating.

This recorder is different from h1n, I felt the sounds were different. 

I tried recording several times.

For ZOOM h1n, I used to record on the digital piano first, then played it back to capture the audio on the recorder.

I had to adjust to the input volume on ZOOM h1n to avoid clipping, sometimes capture the same piece for several times while changing the input volume.

With ZOOM H1essential, there is no input level knob, it is 32bit floating, no need to worrie about clipping.

I found that direct recording to ZOOM H1essential may be better.  I connected a phone output to my headphones to play the digital piano and connected another phone output to ZOOM H1essential to capture it.   

In Audacity, I found that less processing may be better.   If peaks are too high, I simply apply Normalize.  Then, I export it as 48k 24bit wav. 

I made the track private because the sound (recorded with my digital piano and ZOOM H1essential) sounded a bit harsh.

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Arrange

pulchraflow · 260427-arrange-itsuka

I found that I felt easy to play J. S. Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971 the first and third movements if the key is in minor.

I played the third movement starting in F minor, adding lights (Major keys), and ending in F minor.  

F minor

F Major (original)

C minor

D minor (original)

C minor, A♭Major, D♭ Major, ??  - black flat keys, opt leading tones, 

A♭Major

F minor

itsuka italia

The title doesn't have a specific meaning.  

I think it may be a rhythmical phrase.

itsuka ikitai.  

I've never been to Italy.  I want to visit someday. 

ituka no italia.  

Sometimein Italy - ancient, or a past for someone, etc..

This track was recorded on ZOOM H1essential and the sound may be a bit harsh.

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Goldberg-Variationen BWV 988 J.S.バッハ ゴルトベルク変奏曲

 

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Variation 7 from Goldberg-Variationen BWV 988 J.S.バッハ ゴルトベルク変奏曲 第７変奏

I practice one of variations only one time every day (ignore miss or etc).  I finish all of the variations for about one month, and then I play them again from the start or the last one, I repeat that.  I think I will be able to play them well sometime.

Today I wanted to play this variation 7.

なんとなく。そのうち、ちゃんと。

J.S.Bach Partita 2 C minor BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ ハ短調

I had played it more than .. years ago.

Recently I practiced it again.  

I intended to avoid boredom.　

The order of this recording was the last one to the first one, Capriccio, Rondeaux, Sarabande, Courante, Allemande, Capriccio again, Sinfonia and Capriccio again.

I recorded, in particular, Capriccio, Rondeaux and Sinfonia, many times... 

After I recorded all of them, I upload them.

I was practicing J.S.Bach Partita 2 while practicing and recording Chopin Barcarole, Saint-Saëns, transcribed by Godowsky Le Cygne, and etc. from this spring, during rainy and it is hot now.

My piano teacher in my childhood said that Bach is the father of music and gave me Invention and Sinfonia, after them Well-Tempered Clavier 1.  

I play J.S.Bach's works when I play other composers' works.  Also because I like them. I think that that works well.

I will be able to play them better some day...

Sinfonia　シンフォニア

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Sinfonia BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ シンフォニア ハ短調

depart from, approach, go along with

I played mi which should be ♭mi, which parts I usually did not miss, however, I chose this recording as a whole. 

Allemande　アルマンド

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Allemande BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ アルマンド ハ短調

elegant

drape? 

Courante クーラント

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Courante BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ クーラント ハ短調

lightly

curr?

Sarabande　サラバンド

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Sarabande BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ サラバンド ハ短調

slow

Rondeaux　ロンド

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Rondeaux BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ ロンド ハ短調

drop, drops, ??

Capriccio　カプリッチオ

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 2 Capriccio BWV826 バッハ パルティータ２ カプリッチオ

melodies and rhythms in detail as possible

easily, relax as possible I could

I practiced it, slow, a little fast, staccato, legato, bright, dark, sad, joy, etc.

音を切る、つなげる、遅く、速め、はっきり、しっとり、強く、軽く、明るく、暗く、喜び、寂し気、拍、裏打ち、ハモリ、色々やってみたが。弾く程に間違えなくはなったが、走ってしまうようになったので、一度弾くのをやめることにした。他の曲を録音した後に、また弾いてみました。

全体に

昔これらの曲を弾いていた頃から、その後、

ジャズを習ってみたことがあり（ジャズは弾けるようにはなってないけど）、たまたま少人数のフリージャズバンドに入って、自分達の楽しみのため週末にライブをしていたことがあります。

そのときの、先生と交互に、バスを担当したり、左手で和音を弾きながら右手でメロディーやアドリブをしたりしたことや、バンドの人がメインで奏でていたり、問いかけられて答えたり、みたいなことなどを思い出しました。

J.S.Bach Partita 4 D major BWV 828 バッハ パルティータ４ ニ長調

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Partita 4 D major Sarabande バッハ パルティータ４ ニ長調 サラバンド

Sarabande サラバンド

I have been practicing Partita 2.  I had played it.  I play it again recently.  It is difficult to play cappricio, etc.

However, this morning, I wanted to play this.  I played it a several times today.  

J.S.Bach Toccata e-moll BWV914 バッハ トッカータ ホ短調

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Toccata e-moll BWV914 バッハ トッカータ ホ短調

 I knew this piece in the following movie.

『真夜中のピアニスト』（De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, The Beat That My Heart Skipped）

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411270/

I watched movies of Ma Dong-seok these days.

J.S.Bach Italian Concerto バッハ イタリア協奏曲

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Italian Concerto 2 BWV971

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Italian Concerto, 2. Andante, BWV971

1.

I used 444hz.

I practiced with the metronome of 77.

I felt groove, joy, bounce, and a high or silence space. 

I played usual piano sound, however, 

I selected harpsichord 2 in KAWAI CA9500 GP in the recording.

I missed tones sometime and felt nervous, but, continued playing to keep the stance.

2.

Right hand.  melody, emotion, but supress.

Left hand.  (try to) always 3/4 slow, calm.

1. and 2.

I didn't notice that the start portion of the recording is .......  

the recording-conversion system of my electric piano was broken.  

I'll record it again maybe.

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971 3rd movement J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章

I have practiced it but I once gave up recording.  

Today I reached the end.

I wanted to play it as if I drive a car easily or I ride in a carriage and enjoy the landscape.

The scales in this 3rd are low to high sound, while the scales in the 1st are high to low sounds.

J.S.Bach the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 No. 2 バッハ 平均律クラヴィ―ア 第１巻 第２番 ハ短調

pulchraflow · J.S.Bach the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 No. 2

 I had impression of something severe and tensed before. After I played Chopin Op. 25-12, I felt waves of the ocean. Waves spread in a body, the ground on which the body is, and the ocean. At this time, I have impression of something soft and rippling, too.

I used harpsichord2 in my electrical piano and set 432 Hz, although I read that a harpsichord is set to lower pitch.