Critique my Bach prelude

[stefaniw80401]

It's set to autoplay at the top of my myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/markstefaniw

The only processing I did was to add a touch of reverb.
Thanks, Mark

[mcnaire2004]

I would work on using more bow, giving the notes their full due, and intonation.

I would (and do because I am also working on this suite) practice slowly with a metronome and work on being exactly in-tune, with evenness in the notes. Make the shifts clearer.

One thing that helps me when I am working on this is I set my metronome to 84 bpms(eighth note), I take out all the slurs, and work on getting my full bow in every note, making sure they are even, and exactly in tune. I then go to 88 bpms, then 100, then 120, then finally to 160. Then I start over at 88bpms. This time I get all 4 notes in one bow (or however your edition has the notes tied), except I stop the bow between then notes and leave plenty of space making them as even as possible. And then I work my way up to 160 bpms. This usually helps with tone, intonation, rythm, and evenness. Also is good for bow control to.

Good work, and good luck

[Steve Metcalf]

move your bow down and keep it there.

[stefaniw80401]

Thanks Steve, your suggestion to move bow down -- are you suggesting to get more focus to the sound from a lower/slower bow? Thanks for the comment. Oh -- did you also stumble into my Kouss Chanson Triste there on my myspace page?
- Mark