Product Description
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) wrote a series of 24 compositions, one for each major and minor key, and he called it The Well Tempered Clavier, which was a keyboard type instrument. The Prelude in C has been transcribed by a number of people for classical guitar. It is basically a beautiful chord progression with a picking pattern. About 110 years later the French composer, Charles Gounod, added a melody to it and called it Ave Maria. It became known as the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, and you can often hear it played as a duet for flute and piano.
Tarrega actually transcribed it for classical guitar in the late 1800s but you would need virtuoso skills to play it. As playability is always a priority in my arrangements I made some compromises.
I kept the melody and chord progression and, to the extent I could, the bass notes. But the voicing, those notes between the bass and melody that were real important to Bach, I just let fall where they may and used common guitar chord forms.
The end result Is beautiful, recognizable, and quite playable.
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