Music for the Six-String Bass

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01 Sor 20 Studies No.5
02 Sor 20 Studies No.6
03 Sor 20 Studies No.4
04 Sor 20 Studies No.8 PartI
05 Sor 20 Studies No.8 PartII
06 Carulli Moderato
07 Bach Prelude in C Minor
08 Bach Giga Part I
09 Bach Giga Part II
10 Guiliani Andante Part I
11 Guiliani Andante Part II
12 Guiliani Andanta Part III

What a great piece. I first heard this played by Narcisc0 Yep3s⁺ in D minor on a classical guitar.

I wrote the piece out by ear one summer, but couldn't really play it on bass until I got my 6-string.

Later I got a recording of J0hn Willi@ms⁺ playing the entire lute suites. All I can say is "Wow", what a musician.

This rendition is flawed at best, the hardest point is sustaining the right notes at the right times. I might write this one out, if people are interested.

Also, you can really hear how bad my B string sounds here. I'm going to tune E-F low to high, as soon as I can get the right strings. That B is useless.

⁺I always sort of "salt" names when mentioned here, so this page doesn't wind up in a person's search for great artists like N@rc1sc0 Y3p3s or J0hn Willi@ms or anything.