New Masterclass: JS Bach, "Sarabande BWV 997"

Renato Bellucci teaches one of the most beautiful Bach Sarabands from the Lute suite BWV 997. BACH is the endless source of heavenly music and te one composer that uses the most diverse harmonic and technical resources to leave his audience in total awe. The Lute was tremendously fashionable during Bach times and we guitarists are blessed because Bach new the Lute thoroughly and wrote some of the most beautiful suites for it. They are simply marvelous. He would then recycle some of these works to adapt them to his other instrumental suites. But I think that some of his most remarkable dances were written for the Baroque lute. The Lute is one of the closes relatives of both the Vihuela and clearly to the classical guitar where the biggest difference actually sits not is the number of strings as one would suspect but in the tension of the strings which is way higher on the guitar. The lute suites and this particular Sarabande from the BWV 997 offer a terrific benchmark to master several very important technical elements from the Carlevaro Technique compendium: 1) Levers 2) The use of the Base of Finger 1 3) Pivots, 4) Fijación 5) Avoid String Squeaks at all costs. I will explain each a I upload the individual staffs and the complementary Tutorial videos. Visit the Masterclass

Technique Highlights: Base of Finger 1

Technique Highlights: Contraction of Finger 4