Chords for Beatrice Rana explains Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988

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_ _ _ _ Goldberg _ Variations were written _ _ at [D#] the end of _ Buck's life, let's say like eight or nine
years before his death.
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Basically we don't know why it's called Goldberg Variations.
_ There is not [G] _ Goldberg and there is not variation in the title.
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_ _ _ _ [B] So the best line is this [G] one, _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ which is a very simple and easy one.
_ That was the original _ _ baseline _ and then _ _ of course he continued it and he built this magnificent aria.
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_ _ _ _ [G] The variation is [D] a _ consequence [Em] of the one before.
_ _ _ [E] It's not something that [A] _ _ is born by itself.
_ And [F#m] the _ _
[Em] extreme intelligence in [G] Buck's writing is that whenever there is [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ a more daring development
[B] in _ writing, _ then somehow it goes back to the original [G] harmonic structure.
_ _ And that gives a very grounded feeling when you listen to it because you can follow _ what's
going on, even if it's your first _ _ _ time listening to Goldberg.
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_ [N] For the whole time the hands are just _ _ _ crossing and _ the lines are just moving _ independently
from the _ physical structure of the pianist. _
That's what makes _ particularly challenging the transcription to the piano because the
piano has only a keyboard.
_ So we have to deal with that and with _ [G] the _ _ _ _ physical limits also of one keyboard.
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_ _ _ [B] I'm really looking forward [D] to play Goldberg.
I will be very lucky to _ play it on a very _ nice stage like the one [B] at Wibmor Hall or _
in [Bm] a Berlin concert [F#] house and _ so on.
[Am] I feel very grateful to do that because _ [F#] I think it's a very [Em] nice [D] way [A] _
also to present
myself as a musician in this moment.
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