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    Default Air on a G String - J.S. Bach

    Does anyone have the sheet music for Jacques Loussier's jazz rendition of Air on a G String by Bach?

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    I have it. How can I send it to you? I am looking for the back track

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    Quote Originally Posted by magalhaju View Post
    I have it. How can I send it to you? I am looking for the back track
    Exchange email addresses using the Forums' PM (private message) feature, then share PDF files.
    Please post the iRp chart if you write one.
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    Hello there. I note that you say you have the dots for the Loussier arrangement of Air from the suite in D / Air on a G string. I too am trying to get hold of a copy. So would be pleased if you could help me out too. If you can contact me direct then do so (MINUS THE NUMBERS) on: 12mu8sician@3talktalk.net6 . Please note to remove all numbers.

    REGARDS
    Toby

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    Thanks for this post. Very useful.

    I do have one correction: Your diminished chords should be half-diminished chords — assuming the melody is the same as Bach's original.

    So Bo, F#o, G#o, and C#o should be Bø, F#ø, G#ø, and C#ø.

    BTW, despite its title, the original was actually in the key of D major.

    Cheers,
    Jer
    Last edited by engelbach; 09-03-2016 at 02:46 PM.
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    Default Bach air on g string (fixed)

    Air on the G string - Johan Sebastian Bach
    Last edited by pdxdjazz; 03-12-2017 at 06:30 PM. Reason: Copied from sandbox

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    Thanks for new reccomdations. I corrected mistakes. Changed the key and fixed dim chords. But based on the sheet music,i saw that not all dim chords should be halfdim. Some are really dim.

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    Bach liked to play with dim - half-dim chords so that they alternated.

    Regardless of the sheet music, if you go to the original orchestration you'll see that both F#ø and C#ø play with the diminished and double-diminished intervals in both chords. And the second half of each measure is clearly a half-dim with the dim 7 in the bass.

    Here's a piano reduction on line. It's in a different key, but look at the fifth measure. It's a C#ø (F#ø in our key) on the first note: C# E B E. Then on the second note the melody fills in the missing G while the inner voice plays an A#, which makes the chord a C#o, but then the A# immediately resolves up to B natural, which makes it a C#ø again.

    http://www.free-scores.com/download-....php?pdf=5856#

    So I find it more accurate and convenient to label the whole measure as a ø.

    Cheers,
    Jer
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    Can you please send me the transcription of Jacques Loussier' version of the Air in G by Bach - thanks so muchlglobo@hotmail.com

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    HI Toby: Did you manage to get the transcription of Jacques Loussier's version of Bach's Air from the suite in D?Air on a G string? If so could you share it with me ASAP at my email lglobo@hotmail.com

    Much appreciated - cheers, Lisa

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