Hi Stick Friends, happy FHF on a Monday. Here is the latest on Invention #1 - measures 5-8, a bit on Rob Gellner, my Stickist of the week and some preliminary discussion on posture.



Cheers - Gene

Neat, thanks for posting!

Thanks for the Stickist of the Week nod Gene. As always enjoying these FHF episodes. Wanted to hear about your Kmix thoughts now that you have one.

So hey, thanks for posting these Gene - it's a kick in the butt for me to get to work and actually memorize this piece! I was a bit rushed, so it's not perfect I literally only had 20min for practice tonight... (I usually flub this 2 bar section a bit when I read it down too...) But I got it memorized, and that's the main thing. It's funny, you know... reading this is one thing but it's quite something else to internalize it and own it. It's really helped my guitar playing out too, as I am pretty into Charlie Hunter's stuff right now.

Bach rules. Thanks again, Gene.

Hi Gene,

I haven't tried playing this one yet, and really enjoyed your take on it. I had a thought about what you were doing at 7:20, which was:

Play the C with your 2nd finger as your instinct was telling you, and when you play the C with your 2nd finger, since you are holding it out for a while, that's a great time to use a "creep", and slide the 1st finger in behind to hold the note while you shift up.

Everything is now legato.

I love how, in the Baritone tunings, there is such overlap between the hands, it makes it possible to retain the octave relationship of the piece even though everything is played an octave lower than written

Brilliant piece of music...

great post Gene

hope you are arranging something special for FHF #100 !

Right on Stick friends.

Josh thank you sir.

Rob - thanks for the inspiration. I am in discussions with Robstafarian to talk us through a deep dive on the K-Mix. This last month, I sold a HOF reverb pedal, my FocusRite AD converter and a Xotic stereo FX mixer which allowed me enough to make an even swap for a new K-Mix. OH, I am a fan, more on this later.

Thanks for the FingerCreep tm technique Greg - as you mentioned, I'm going to go with my first instinct on that. AND FingerCreep, that's now a Stick term, hehe.

Scott, good show. You are quite literally the bravest Stickist I know - you are going for it and I respect that. Arranging Bach for the Stick is pure joy and great exercise in testing your muscle memory, I always look forward to hearing your progress as it seems you like learning and playing as much as I do.

Thanks for the reminder on the 100th anniversary of FHF Boaz. Hopefully, we can share 100 more. I am wide open to suggestions for content - if others want to host it, be a part of it or lead the discussion. As long as it pertains to music, preferably on our favorite instrument, I'm in.

Hi GP.

Thanks for the brotherly nudge back, regarding time left in one life. lol xo

I remember how I was asked to write a fugue (short) at Uni. Never got started on that one.
All of this classical "invention" is good for efforts. I was just reminding myself to get cracking on a few things and playing one of the Bach inventions is on the list, like so many other folk.

Thanks for the inspiration and for posting more of these.

KP

The feeling is mutual me ol'. I'm a fan.



Invention no. 1 is a great start. Easily recognizable, a familiar key and a good piece to play at slower tempos to start.

This Friday, I am going to focus more on posture for sitting Stickists and return to the second half of invention 1 later in April. Not that Scott needs the time to nail this down lol. That dogged persistence never ceases to amaze and impress.

It’s measures 11-14 that give me the most issue. The 16th note bass part is foreign to me. Used to bass going half that speed. I find it takes three times longer to learn a Bach piece than any other music. I applaud anyone who can do classical music. Plus everyone knows it so you can’t really make it your own except with your musicality and musicianship. (Dynamics , articulation phrasing and other stuff)

I look forward to hearing others tackle this monstrosity. It is a beautiful piece so full of little surprises like how the bass line is copying the melody lines and how the lines double in speed and then go half time. Also love the chords progression. For such a short piece there is a lot going on all packed into a small package. Bach is perfection for sure.