by ** <solovar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 28, 2007 at 01:31 AM
In article <M2zgi.12308$oo5.2138@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Arthur Ness" <arthurjness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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 a
Thanks, you've got me thinking about this. Tell me - do you play
a keyboard? If so, do you use open scores? I note that JSB also
wrote the four-part chorales in open score, by the way.
