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That famous cello prelude, deconstructed

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Bach's G major prelude has captivated cellists and music lovers for years. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein deconstructs it.

Bach's six cello suites are considered a rite of passage for cellists. They're masterpieces of classical music, and the prelude in G major — the first movement of the suites — is perhaps the best example of Bach's power as a composer. In it, he's able to achieve rich and complex harmonic movements with just a four-stringed instrument, while using the very basic tenets of music composition. Those basic tenets are what Alisa Weilerstein, a renowned cellist and McArthur fellow, helps us understand.

A previous version of this video mislabeled a C sharp as a C natural. We also removed a simplified chord visual that mislabeled a C natural as a C sharp.

Alisa's discography: https://alisaweilerstein.com/discography/

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Further reading:
https://costanzabach.stanford.edu/commentary
https://theconversation.com/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-bachs-six-solo-cello-suites-83797
http://songexploder.net/yo-yo-ma

The score used in the video was from Bärenreiter:
https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/

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