
FAQ Prelude 22 in B-flat minor from Book II of JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, arranged for woodwind quartet by Stephen Malinowski. Q: I'd like to play this arrangement with my (string/woodwind/brass/) quartet; where can I get the parts? A: A version for string quartet is listed on this page www.musanim.com If that doesn't work for you, send me an email, and I'll do what I can do www.musanim.com Q: Hey, wait a second! The prelude is a trio --- how did you make it a quartet? A: If you look at the bar-graph score, you'll see how. The colored bars are the original notes (transposed from B-flat minor to D minor); you'll see that there are only three of these at any one time (except at a few points where a note is held longer, so there's a little overlap). The gray notes are the ones I added. Most often, I'm adding the bass note that's implied by the harmony of the other three parts, but I do a few other things. Q: Who is playing this piece? A: Nobody. I put the score into the notation program Sibelius, and played it back from that. I adjusted the dynamics and articulation a fair amount. Q: Has this arrangement ever been performed in public? A: I'm not sure. I originally did the arrangement for the San Francisco Saxophone Quartet, and they might have performed it. I heard them rehearsing it once. Q: Isthere a way I could make the bar-graph scores myself? A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here: www <b>...</b>
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