December 2009 \ Premier Clinic \ Rock \ Bach Partita No. 3, Part 2

Bach Partita No. 3, Part 2

Mike Campese continues his take on an arrangement of a classical Bach piece
Premier Guitar December 2009
Hello Everyone! Welcome back! I appreciate the positive feedback from the last lesson. This lesson I will be showing you part 2 of the J.S. Bach Partita No. 3, hopefully you have part 1 completed and ready to move on. If not, keep working through it and be sure to strive for accuracy.

This section of this piece is really cool and can be challenging for your right hand, beginning at bar 17. For this whole next section I use alternate picking. Normally, this would be played using the fingerstyle approach on classical guitar, which would be a little easier for most people. But, I decided to make it more challenging by using alternate picking instead, without using your right hand fingers. What makes this tricky is the string skips, especially at higher tempos. This is a great right hand workout and it sounds really cool, especially when the open high E string is chiming all the way through.

Bach constructed some beautiful harmonies in this one, it would be a great exercise to a analyze the progression. I wont go in full detail, but for example bar 17 begins with E major, then Emaj7, Edom7, A major, Asus2, E, A major 7, A6 with no 3rd (or you could think of it as F#m7) and then to Eadd9, E, B sus4/F#, B add11/F#, etc. There is other ways you can interpret the progression, because you can base them off other roots, and some of these are not full chords. I leave it up to you to interpret this, though you might want to follow the fingerings provided.

Download lesson audio: Slow - Fast


Ok that is it! Be sure to let me know if you want more of this, I would be happy to do it. As always, visit me online at mikecampese.com.

     

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beebopdave
on 01/09/2010 		yes this is excellent i to like classical pieces on the electric i cut off the top of my index finger about 9yrs ago i was only recently able to play again and i find that these classical pieces really help with the deterity and co ordination in my hands excellent once again thankyou!
Guytron
on 12/15/2009 		Excellent -Huh?
The notes are bleeding into one an other.
The music dosen't say to do this?
Snorri
on 12/15/2009 		Give us the rest, please!
BruceBurt
on 12/11/2009 		I'm surprised to see this. I have been playing this very piece for years, but I actually tap this entire page all on the D string... except where you have to play the same note three times in a row... for that, I tap the same note on the G string alternating with tapping it on the D string. When the notes are farther apart, I resort to holding the lower notes with the knuckle of my left thumb.
reginaldSt
on 12/11/2009 		I would love to have more of this. I like these classical riffs on the electric.
Alfonsso
on 12/10/2009 		This is excellent!!!!



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