BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #6 Reduction for one Viola accompanied by Keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach String Duet - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.916582

Brandenburg 6 is a unique composition because of its original instrumentation (2 lead violas + string orchestra), and because of the nature of the first movement- that starts with a canon for the 2 violas playing the same line just one eighth note apart!

 Its fun to play, but hard to get the needed players to make it happen.  So here is a reduction where the violist plays the first viola part, and a keyboard does the second viola part plus a reduced version of the backing strings.

  This  piano reduction is meant to accompany a violist playing the original first viola part.  If you want an excellent contemporary typesetting of the first viola part,  you can get it at the Free Scores website- 

http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=43649   

PLAY ALONG MP3’s

There are mp3 files ‘in the cloud’  which you can download and use to practice with.  They use the stereo capability to have the soloist on one channel, and the keyboard on the other.  This way you can tune out your part if you want,  or leave it in, at a volume of your choice.  The tempo of the ‘playalong’ tracks can be adusted to your choice by using readily available playback software for instance, Roni music-https://www.ronimusic.com/,  or even websites that do it for you online.  Also,  even very inexpensive mp3 players in the under $20 range nowadays provide playback with adjustable tempo. 

The mp3 files can be downloaded from-https://app.box.com/s/xpkqc7xpkhlixbf56tsahqu3tkt83gpo

 xml files are also available if you have a notation program and want to customize the score or the sound files.

 Steve Newman              Nov 2017                          [email protected]