John Patitucci prelude Bach

Joe Garage · #1 08-22-2005, 09:13 AM

Anybody tried to play this one a 5 string?

Aaron Saunders · #2 08-22-2005, 11:32 AM

If DB virtuosos can do it (at pitch) on a 4 string upright, I'm sure a skilled BG player could do it on a 4 string.

WillBuckingham · #3 08-22-2005, 01:56 PM

Yeah its a lot of fun. I originally played it on my EADGC 5-string, but after I read your thread I played it on my fretless 4-string. Its actually a lot more fun without the high C string. Start off with one of the other movements from the first suite. I think the Gigue is the easiest, then move on to the prelude.

On the part near the end, where it goes up chromatically to the high G, I use my thumb to sound the first harmonic on the D string. I think that's the best way to do that passage on a four-string.

fraublugher · #4 08-22-2005, 02:47 PM

i play the gavotte on a 4string fretless out of tune all over the place until i get motion sickness

Christopher · #5 08-23-2005, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Garage

Anybody tried to play this one a 5 string?

Yes, but you can also do it on a standard 4 if it has 24 frets.