In this Fugue from “The Art of the Fugue“, Bach shows us what he can do with a theoretical countersubject. It’s theoretical because he starts the piece without the presence of the actual subject known so well from the rest of the book. Then, he introduces this real subject (in sustained half notes — see [...]

Higher quality mp3: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This arrangement is different in that it utiilizes only 2 sizes of melodica: the Suzuki Pro 37 Alto and the B-24 Bass. Aside from some octave shifting in the bass parts, there wasn’t any transcription necessary to fit within these ranges. The parts are covered [...]

I had originally intended to use an Andes 25 F flute melodica for the recorder part, but it’s an octave too high, so I ended up with the minor sin of using the instrument that was intended! This recording introduces 4 new melodicas into the mix, all produced by Suzuki. The distribution of parts is [...]

All parts played by one melodica. Full quality MP3 below: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Music by J.S. Bach.. More Bach on Melodica: [link]

In order to commemorate the ending of one year of Ze Frank’s great show, and the almost simultaneous birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach back on March 21, 2007, I arranged 4 of Ze’s song texts into some Chorale melodies of Bach.  He featured the rendition of “Duckies in the Pond” for December 7, 2006 at [...]

The original parts are covered like this: Flute = Alto Melodica Ist vln = Tenor Recorder 2nd vln = Tenor Recorder Vla = Clarinet Cello = Contrabass Recorder Bass = Piano with mute You can listen to the full MP3 below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Music by J.S. Bach. More Bach on [...]