Prelude from Bach BWV998 for 2 guitars (arr. Derek Hasted) by Various Sheet Music for Instrumental Duet at Sheet Music Direct
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Prelude from Bach BWV998 for 2 guitars (arr. Derek Hasted)
by Various Instrumental Duet - Digital Sheet Music

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Bach Prelude from BWV998 for 2 GUITARS

For Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.

Derek Hasted writes "This wonderfully lyrical Bach Prelude is one of the most famous preludes to fit onto guitar.
I hope youll find its also one of the best to fit onto two guitars!

The original was in the key of Eb major and the facsimile score I used as the basis for my arrangement was for keyboard. Ive simply taken all the original music and split it across two guitars in the key of D, to give a wonderful stereo effect and to make the phrases stand out. 

The original had very specific rests in the bass lines which are pretty much automatic on a harpsichord with limited sustain, and quite easy to do on a modern piano. For a guitar, the mix of open and stopped strings can make consistent note lengths quite hard to achieve, and I have included a second arrangement in which the bass notes are notated as ringing on (as indeed most solo guitarists do, starting with the first note of the piece!). The result is a score which is much easier on the eye, and the decay of the guitar's bass notes mean that it doesnt sound at all untidy - indeed it sounds more mellow.

I hope you enjoy playing this piece!"

This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at  www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by "number of instruments", with links to soundclips and sample score.

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