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D minor Gigue, Partita II, JS Bach, Solo Violin BMV 1004

Here’s the sheet music for the D minor Gigue, Partita II, JS Bach, Solo Violin BMV 1004.

I love to play this piece. It’s fun to play and I think a lot of guitarists would enjoy and learn a lot by playing it, whatever genres of music that they usually tend to play.

I added a little bit of analysis towards the end, Bach has so many different cool ways of weaving together melodic fragments. And I think as improvising musicians, we can learn, study and enjoy a lot from these ideas.

I also made a jazz chart of the gigue, to see what it would look like, and maybe get folks seeing (and hearing) more of the bebop-baroque connection …

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B minor Double (Sarabande), Violin Partita #1 (BMV 1002)

This Double in B minor is a wonderful piece to both play and study on guitar.

Within the framework of the 1st Partita for Solo Violin, the Sarabande and its corresponding Double use the same chord progression & similar melodies.

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Playing Bach on Jazz Guitar

I love Bach! Amazing music and a lot can played on the guitar, either with a pick or with fingers. I first learned about playing the Bach Solo Violin works because I read that Jim Hall used to practice them. Here’s the Double for the Sarabande from the 1st Partita (B Minor) for Solo Violin. […]