Ultimate music CANVAS - interpreting JS Bach - Amazing insights on Bach's music

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4 ай бұрын

Playing Bach is a process. I'm playing it on the viola, but you can play it on ANY instrument. Studying Bach opens our eyes to all sorts of musical ideas and techniques and is our canvas for learning. Ronald Houston demonstrates how to approach the music of JS Bach.

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@piotrszarek9802 4 ай бұрын

It is great pleasure to listen Your teaching and playing. I find it inspiring and useful . Thank you very much.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for watching... Keep enjoying

@thomassicard3733 4 ай бұрын

5:52 "Play what you WANT to play, play what you LOVE to play."

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Love it!

@paolaandreoli344 4 ай бұрын

Goodmorning Mr Houston, thank you a lot for your lesson because as you say Bach is Bach no matter wich instrument you play 😊 Bach Is my Master and his music is always a new discover, a research. I played when I was a guitarist many years ago and then as a flutist wich still I am. Enjoy his music playjng viola .. well, I just began to study it but I know I will 😊

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Keep working on it.. It will be a blessing to you

@paolaandreoli344 4 ай бұрын

@@RonaldHouston 🙏

@ElioPasqua 4 ай бұрын

I find your videos extremely inspiring Mr Houston - thank you so much! Please keep it up.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ..

@musharfalifutemusharfalifl451 4 ай бұрын

Sir very good tips

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

@pantelismisikos9023 4 ай бұрын

Nice lesson!!

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@vitrti 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas, esp. the part after George Orwell, and consistency!

@RonaldHouston 3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@lakritzeslena 4 ай бұрын

Just starting to play the violin, but hearing you talk about the viola, and listening to you play, I'm so tempted to switch instruments. Also: I just love and need Bach in my life.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Ah... Great idea.. Paying the viola is a blessing! Keep in touch

@swaminadanevedapuri7719 4 ай бұрын

Sir, listening music is most important, really very nice to listen. Thank you once again.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for curving the video!

@Lepetitortu Күн бұрын

Thank you

@RobertPadgett 4 ай бұрын

Rounded bow strokes generate a well rounded sound.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

That's right

@maxlam79 4 ай бұрын

Start on the string and let it lift off...why didn't I thought of that. My bow bounces in a very aweful way that I couldn't hear my own playing. Thank you so much for the pointers.

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

That is awesome that this video helps you.. Thank you for watching

@mandic2112 4 ай бұрын

The truth is that playing the music of J.S. Bach is a privilege. And if that passion arrives that you want to transmit! of course ! Thank you very much for the master class. If you allow me a question... don't you use Shoulder Rest? Regarding the position of the viola to play... it is interesting that each one says a shape, as well as the size. But I don't want to bother. Thank you so much ! And regards !

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

I use a shoulder rest some of the time... When I do it is the efel shoulder rest avaliable st violazone.com.con and Violin one.com... Thank you for watching the video

@ab-zg8pt 4 ай бұрын

Great vid as always!!! Off-question though - where did you get your shirt from? I've been trying to find one with a halfway button-down for a long time, no luck :-/

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thank you . I got these shirts from collars and co... They are great!

@ab-zg8pt 4 ай бұрын

@@RonaldHouston Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@thomassicard3733 4 ай бұрын

Such SAGE instruction.

@RonaldHouston 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.. Glad it helps you

@zumguipee5488 4 ай бұрын

Grand merci ! Dorénavant, "Bach du matin, je vais bien !" 😅

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Great plan!

@zumguipee5488 3 ай бұрын

Mr Houston, an advice please, which scores ,which editor, would you buy for the 6 suites? D avance merci, en vous souhaitant de bien belles notes

@pink_elephant_foxtrot 4 ай бұрын

There is no fair copy manuscript in Bach's hand for the Cello Suites. The version we play is in Mary Magdalena's hand. Some contemporary scholars have asserted that she actually wrote these pieces, and though the proof they present is not convincing yet, it is intriguing to consider. There is a fair copy manuscript of the Sonatas and Partitas for Violin, and they are fundamentally different than the Cello Suites. They don't allow as much room for interpretation as the Cello Suites, which are far more introspective. They are beautiful pieces, but to play them on Viola is like fitting square pegs into round holes. They are not really suited for an instrument played on the shoulder like the Sonatas and Partitas are. I prefer to play those on Viola. I really liked your video and look forward to seeing more. Best - David Zimbalist (Stretto)

@RonaldHouston 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your insight

@pink_elephant_foxtrot 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Hope you have a chance to watch the segment I did on the Bach Chaconne for my KZbin Channel, Pink Elephant Foxtrot. The link is below. Thanks so much for your insight as well. I find your lessons really helpful for my technique.

@Skinny_Karlos 2 ай бұрын

I always count triplets 'Ev en ly' 'Eve enn lee' - whichever spelling works for you that's the way that I count triplets and it WORKS really well to get a good triplet - at least for me and the teacher that instilled it in me.Try it.