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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was incredibly prolific, both in the number and variety of works he composed and the size of the family that he sired, or fathered. He had 20 children by two wives (7 with Maria Barbera and 13 with Anna Magdalena), only 10 of whom survived to adulthood.

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) was the second child and first son of J.S. and Maria. He composed many works of his own and was outstanding at improvisation also.

Here are relatively simple Minuets by each from "Essential Keyboard Repertoire", Vol.1:

Minuet in G Major - J.S. Bach

Minuet in G Major - W.F. Bach

JF

John Frank - Well played x 2. I enjoyed the snippet of music history as well.

Rui725 - Quite enjoyable. I also like the sound of your piano. I think the reverb/echo is a nice enhancement to this piece.

Rickster - In my opinion this is one of your best compositions and performances. I love how you put such feeling into your songs. Excellent.

Larry Larson - You seem to have Tango Memories completely "under your fingers" as they say. Well done.

Hey JF, REALLY nice playing on both minuets! Nice control, sounded perfect to me.

I really enjoyed the music, Rui, John, and Larry!! And, thanks for the complement, Bill!

And, Larry, I sent you a PM about your YT channel and gave you 5-stars on your YT vid!! I love your Baldwin grand!!

Here is a new song I wrote yesterday and recorded today. I seem to be making a habit of that, for better or worse! This is a little different style of music than I normally play. I think it is a cross between R&B and Contemporary (maybe?). Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is_k3Me4Sjo

Rick

I'm really enjoying everybody's submissions - so creative and well played! Well, my kitty did it again.. at the end of the song.

RICK-you just made my day with your new song! I was having a difficult practice, got online, and here you have yet another wonderful song. Thanks.

ELSSA-your cat is uncanny with note selection. Nice song! Played beautifully as always.

Thanks, CMohr!

And Elssa, you are nothin' but good, and I mean really good!!!!

Take care,

Rick

Elssa - You are a Wonder - very nice.

Rickster - very good! Cool ending.

wow a lot of more submissions in already! I'll have to catch up on everyone =)

Here's a piano duet me and Augustina finally did! Its chopsticks. We might have to flip flop the camera around and redo it though. Augustina's part seems a little on the soft side to hear :)Hope you enjoy anyway!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZH6Bx76zkc

that was so cool!! I don't know if I've ever heard Chopsticks all the way through before, either. But you're right, I did have to listen harder for one of the parts.

Nice duet! You both are so lucky to have each other to play duets. Very enjoyable - you must be having a blast playing together!

I am soft, but hey today was the first time playing duets together in like 2 months. and going from the keyboard to a piano is kind of different:) it was a blast, we will put the song up again when we get faster^_^ I also have a lot of catching up to do. So far I love everyone's playing:P

it is pretty fun doing duets! We always make fun of eachother when we make mistakes or laugh when we both make mistakes but we also like to hang out so it's a good way to hang out and have fun too!

I'm still chugging away at humphries piano handbook. I'm still trying to figure out what "level" I might be at so I can get some other methods. Any thoughts appreciated. I'm still new at this, so technique suggestions are always welcome.

That is great, Byron! Your left-hand/right-hand coordination is going very well!

Keep it up!

Rick