This one is in the book. Nicely done. A really fun piece to play. The right hand approach is very different from yours, so I'll be curious to see what you think of it.

Thank you Greg! That was one of the first recordings where I made it through the piece without major mistakes. Now I play it with less finger force, less mistakes (sometimes) and more fluently

My right hand alternates between the 3-finger and 4-finger technique: I usually use the pinky, but in this piece I sometimes play the 3-finger technique, as it seems more fluid ...

I am curious too to see your version!

It's looking more like October 11 for this to be available...

Rescheduling my reminder

Are pre-orders being taken yet?

Also interested in placing a pre-order if possible!

Also, Greg - I'd love to see a list of the pieces covered in the book so I can give them a listen.

I've never done pre-orders for anything. I have to figure out what the shipping costs are going to be and I'll let you know.

List of pieces, as presented in the book and arranged in order of increasing difficulty...

Minuet in G Major (BWV 114)
Minuet in G Minor
Minuet in D Minor
Minuet in G Major (BWV 116)
Musette in D Major
Bourrée in E Minor
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Invention Number 4

If you haven't already tuned into the Tap in Time podcast about it here's a link:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9vb6f-10f3453

Thanks, Greg!



Outstanding! Listened to it just last night!

I caught the podcast on Saturday. Great.

@greg: I realise you don't predict future release dates, but is it reasonable to guess that the potential RMR version is unlikely to be along in as little as 6 months?

At around that time scale I hope a RMR tuned 12-string Railboard might be ready and shipping across the Atlantic. Assuming that SE stock the book (I guess that's pretty certain?) I'm tempted to have a copy of even the current version put in the box (along with the MR versions of your other two books, already in the order) to maximise use of the existing shipping costs.

I'll be a rank beginner, but as soon as possible it would be nice to try out BWV 114 as I already play a melody version on guitar and a (chords in the left hand) version on keyboard[1].

Would that be a totally daft idea? You mentioned that there are preparatory exercises for each tune. I guess those at least might be fairly adaptable. I'm already used to a level of adaptation as I use 'all 4ths' tuning on guitar, & I'll be tweaking the MR versions of the other two books.

[1] Working on a 'proper' keyboard left hand is one of the activities I have in mind while for I'm awaiting the Railboard.

Edit: Add 'MR version' detail re. the older books.

One of the things that I find exciting about playing this kind of music is the freedom to push & pull the tempo. Listening to Greg, Rodrigo, Bob Culbertson & others play, they very effectively use this technique to add to the melodic & harmonic tension-and-release.

I have a favorite blues guitar instrumental that I love to play without the backing track (drums & rhythm guitar), which allows me to do this to some extent. It's a very complex piece for the blues (four verses, changes key every verse. Verses 1 & 4 are straight-eighths feel, 8-bars, while verses 2 & 3 shift to a swing feel in 12 bars) so it has enough interest that the guitar solo can carry the song pretty well on it's own.

This is the kind of stuff you can get away with in a solo instrument that is (I'm guessing) very hard to do in an ensemble performance.