Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

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July 22, 2025, 08:39 AM

Sig2340

Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

My MIL was a professional organist in churches (e.g., Bethesda by the Sea) throughout the Palm Beach area. I watched her practice this piece on a three rank organ in her living room, and on a five rank organ at some massive church near Singer Island.

He does it almost as well on a big accordion.

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July 22, 2025, 08:58 AM

BB61

That was good. I’m not an accordion fan but I always find it interesting what they can do.

July 22, 2025, 09:08 AM

pace40

Man...the acoustics are great in that warehouse or whatever it is.

July 22, 2025, 09:38 AM

Mr. Peteroniman

that was very nice
i love to hear a master

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July 22, 2025, 09:50 AM

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Sweet memories…

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July 22, 2025, 10:01 AM

PHPaul

I can't even imagine the practice it must take to generate the muscle memory of where all those keys are.

That's also my all-time favorite piece of music.

July 22, 2025, 10:23 AM

old rugged cross

Glorious. Reminds me of the Godfather

July 22, 2025, 12:12 PM

nhtagmember

I'm not sure epic describes that well enough

that was spectacular

July 22, 2025, 12:23 PM

Gene Hillman

WOW!!!!

July 22, 2025, 12:55 PM

sigmonkey

To je pěkná polka!

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July 22, 2025, 01:09 PM

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quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
To je pěkná polka!

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July 22, 2025, 02:31 PM

Pipe Smoker

I might be wrong, but I don’t think the accordion is producing all of those deep bass notes.

Entertaining anyway.

July 22, 2025, 03:08 PM

Johnny 3eagles

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July 22, 2025, 04:27 PM

sjtill

I miss Jim Shugart.

July 22, 2025, 05:43 PM

ranger312

2 people playing it by "stepping" on an electric keyboard. Sorry, I dont know how to embed a video

Link

July 22, 2025, 05:45 PM

Bentonville

Incredible . I think of the practice it took to learn to play that difficult piece.

July 22, 2025, 06:06 PM

kkina

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I might be wrong, but I don’t think the accordion is producing all of those deep bass notes.

I was wondering about that myself. According to AI, some accordions are capable of reproducing a D2 (the lowest note in Bach's T&F).

Any accordion players on board can verify?

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July 22, 2025, 07:20 PM

Pipe Smoker

^^^^
I doubted that the accordion was producing the low bass notes for two reasons:

#1 Doubts that the accordion could produce them. Especially at that volume.

#2 Watching his fingering when they sounded. No correlation that I could see.

July 22, 2025, 07:36 PM

MikeinNC

Frankenstein or Phantom of the Opera, which was it in

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July 22, 2025, 09:53 PM

TRIO

I had my doubts when I read the title. That guy did pretty good.

That empty factory provided good acoustics. Sad to see an unused gantry crane.

I was wondering if he played in portions as to get all of those camera angles and close ups.