I was being a bit facetious and I forgot to provide a "<g>" after the word
"cheating." But I was a bit serious, as well. There's something in the
experience of playing Bach from the score he would have used himself.
There's the "feel" of shaping the contours of the individual lines that
would be more apparent in an open score than a short score.
I guess before you tackle Bach in open score, you can work up to it with
R.
O. Morris and Howard Ferguson, "Prepartory Studies in Score
Reading" Still in print from OUP. It's a gradual introduction to the
clefs
with progressively ordered pieces.
There is a Kalmus edition that has the music in open score with a short
score parallel below the open score. Think about it. Why did Bach write it
in open score? Maybe you'll convince yourself.
Anyway Good Luck! You've obviously made wonderful progress with your Bach
keyboard survey. And that's quite an accomplishment in itself.
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> In article <njAfi.4401$G85.2394@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Arthur Ness" <arthurjness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> You know it's written in open score. So why don't you learn it that
way?
>> It's cheating (some will tell you) to use a short score (that is, with
>> the
>> lines condensed onto treble and bass clefs).
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>
> Yes, it is written in open score, but I don't see any worthwhile reason
> for learning it that way. Just learning to use the different clefs
> would be very time-consuming. All the notes are there in
> a keyboard transcription. It's not cheating at all. It would
> be a nice skill to have, but a largely unnecessary one for
> my purposes.
>
>
>
>> "**" <solovar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:solovar-E11BE7.13012024062007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I play a great deal of JS Bach on the piano, and having learned
>> > both WTC books, the French Suites, the GV's, and various others, I am
>> > looking to buy the score of Art of Fugue.
>> >
>> > I am looking for edition recommendations of this work. I am
>> > fond generally of Henle editions, but thought I would see if
>> > anyone has alternative suggestions. thanks....
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