Bach Masterclass: Prelude from Suite No. 6 - Musings with Inbal Segev

Hello Cellists,
Here is another Bach musings episode, this time I am discussing the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012. I hope those of you who are learning this piece will find this video helpful in taking your performance to the next level.
Below is a short listening and reading list with helpful links for studying the Bach Cello Suites. Please let me know if you have any comments and/or questions, I would love to hear from you. Thank you for watching!!
Inbal
Listen to cantata BWV 50 to find parallels with our prelude: • J S. Bach - Cantatas B...
My Bach Cello Suites album:
www.amazon.com/dp/B013R4QE3M
itunes.apple.com/us/album/j-s...
open.spotify.com/album/2hJ39e...
Download the most important sources we have of the suites right here for free:
bit.ly/BachCelloSuitesIMSLP
Allen Winold’s book: Bach’s Cello Suites: Analyses and Explorations
www.amazon.com/Bachs-Cello-Su...
"The Fencing Master" and the sequel, "Bach and the Happy Few," are both must reads if I may say so, written by THE baroque cellist of our time, Anner Bylsma.
www.bylsmafencing.com/bach_the...
Another must-have is Barenreiter’s urtext edition, which contains facsimiles of the manuscript copies in the hand of Anna Magdalena Bach, Johann Peter Kellner, as well as the Westphal library manuscript (anonymous copiers), first editions, and more.
www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/6...
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[@private7384]

How did I miss this video??? Its awesome!

[@davidselby5165]

Love your tutorial, so helpful and so well presented.Many thanks for your help.

[@stephjohnsons]

Stumbled onto your video randomly. I'm just starting on this piece, and these are great tips! Thanks so much for sharing x

[@coffeelover3744]

Thank you so much for sharing this video! I am preparing for a competition so just started to playing this movement again. I've got lots of good tips! It helps me a lot!! :) and I love your playing! Have a great week!

[@MR2D2AL]

Your intonation is matchless!!! Thank you for posting this... I'll obsess over the nuggets you've presented!

[@Inbalsegevcello]

alfieboy1973 thank you!! Obsessing is good when it comes to cello😆😆

[@kismetcapitan]

Thank you for your insights! This is a very complex prelude to sort out even as a listener - I had to learn it on guitar to start making sense of it. As my cello is a 5-string electric that doesn't require the use of thumb position anywhere on the neck, attempting this piece is high on my list. Before watching this video, I thought that my instrument would make the fingering technically easier. Now I understand that while my high E string may make that possible, it may not always be desirable from a musical perspective.

[@jobmusic4286]

Thank you very much for sharing, especially interesting voicing sound from your fingering and your cello sound with this prelude is sound like real human voice.

[@Cubasenet33]

I'm not a cellist, but what a pleasure to listen to your musical advice! There's so much in every note, in every nuance... That's what touches our heart when we listen a live play. Thanks for sharing the intricacies of your art. This contributes a lot to the happiness of music lovers like myself, and contributes also to the love for good music in those who didn't have that already.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Luis Bueno thank you!!

[@Nitsan-Khen_Razel]

תודה רבה! שיעור נהדר. נותן השראה!

[@antoniodominguezgarcia981]

Your videos are always a spark for thought, thanks so much for them, they're truly inspiring.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Antonio Dominguez thank you❤️❤️

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Inbalsegevcello Ya might wanna purchase a 5 String Cello cause it's going to get easier. Luis and Clark makes a 5 String Carbon Fiber Cello.

[@JohnWilliams-mr7bd]

Thank you.

[@chessematics]

The beginning of the cantata you referred to almost shocked me. It's very very similar but thousand times more joyful, maybe because of the subito fortes or sforzandos used...

[@Superbad9494]

You are beautiful and you play beautiful! Thank u!

[@cesar4475]

bravooo.. I Love it theacher...

[@CarolHaynesJ]

Great - really helpful and thought-provoking. I there any chance you can look at the rest of this suite ... I would particularly like you to look at the Sarabande in this way 😊

[@ikawinner960]

You are virtuoso, very interesting music you playing

[@nickreeves9421]

Your cello sounds amazing!

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Belated thanks (-:

[@stickom]

.. i play French horn for fun as my son handed me ten years ago, and i progress now studding Sarabande from last three Bach cello suites, so i just find this like ill have some practical advise.... coming to cadenza i was already exhausted, dehydrated but i could not stop master class... coming to end i was literally gasping.. and she sad it's not super difficult at the end and i was already drenched in sweat just looking the her bow and fingers... and she mentioned stg like harmonically understand and study... i am out of here it is suuuuuper hard! (kidding it is PHENOMENAL video!)

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Haha, did I really say it was not super difficult ? Well, I take it back😅

[@alistairjones4361]

I thought I was the only one doing that fingering for the section at bar 23. Nice to know I'm not completely crazy

[@JamieClark]

Amazing consistency, I'm blown away by the moving thumb! Been a long time since I've performed (or practiced) this piece, but I've never even considered using the thumb that way at bar 23! I used comfortable fingerings to avoid thumb positions almost the entire piece, I am going to learn this your style now, though! Other than practicing a single bar, do you have any recommendations for studies to develop better thumb technique?

[@SeaRasp]

Jamie how did you play this piece without the thumb ?

[@eastonhubbard9065]

thank you for posting this. I have had so many struggles trying to self teach myself the trouble cleff and my teacher at school has like no idea what this all is. Thank you for the help. And btw what do you think of mischa maisky's interpretation on this piece?

[@johannsebastianbach1649]

Easton Hubbard eh I hate tahm Kench

[@darylnoble5711]

I just heard one of Anner Bylsma’s excerpts of the Bach gigue from the 3rd suite- thanks for mentioning him!Do you prefer him over Casals?

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Hi Daryl, it’s a totally different style of playing but I do prefer Bylsma.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Inbal Segev 5 String Cellos are much more affordable these days & Bobby Hicks comes to mind when you think of one cause he played a 5 String instrument tuned C, G, D, A, E.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Thanks for this information!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Inbalsegevcello Once you get a 5 String Cello, you can play everything from Bobby Hicks, to Cello pieces (Double Bass Pieces up an Octave as well), to Violin (C Treble Clef) & Viola pieces down an Octave. Bobby Hicks added a 5th String to his Fiddle because he wanted more notes that he can play.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@Inbalsegevcello It's been a treat & that 5 String Cello is going to allow you to play even more pieces that were originally written for other instruments. Violin Concertos sound great on 5 String Cello down an Octave, which in this case we'll hear Vivaldi's 4 Seasons:www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA6994_90/ played down an Octave on 5 String Cello someday.

[@adamtryczynski]

Inbal, why do you anchor your third finger, D string, on the E 'drone' in the 'hard part'? I've seen others do this and I'm not sure why, as I find it much easier to anchor my thumb, A string, for that E. You can still get the string changing effect by stretching for the E on the D string with the third finger, without having to shift your thumb around.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Hi atrizzy, the reason cellists anchor the D rather then the E is that we try to imitate the sound we would create if we were playing on a 6 string instrument. When you do that, a more natural bow movement happens, just like in the very beginning, we lean with the bow on the lower string (i.e. the D string) and the bow lightens up on the higher string (in this case, the A string). This movement creates a gesture that is natural to the instrument. Of course, you can do it in reverse too, but check out a 6-string cello performance and you will understand why. Thanks for writing and for watching. Inbal

[@javierdiazsantana]

Hey, it's me again. I am already playing thumb position. What else do i need to play this? I love it.

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Hi Javier, besides the thumb position you need to know the geography of the higher positions on the cello, which is very difficult, but try it out and see how it goes, good luck!

[@Desireyso58]

Did I say: I Love Inbal Segev? No? Sorry, Cause I DO!!! She's a So TALENTED Musician! And of course... She's a BEAUTiFUL LADY!!!

[@Inbalsegevcello]

Thanks☺️

[@lioraartemis7486]

What do you mean 😂 wine and cello is a great combo!

[@alexfrancisco2924]

How about 2 cups of wine 😄

[@thebadcellist]

Good video but the mixing is off. The cello is way louder than your voice. I have to keep turning the volume up and down.

[@km6206]

but Magdalena's slurs are so inconsistent, not only here but on other works.

[@e.f6995]

Huy que rollo...siempre tocan lo mismoooooooo