- Should Bach be played with pedal?
- How long would it take to listen to every Bach song?
- What is the usual tempo of the courante?
Should Bach be played with pedal?
Many teachers, performers and adjudicators of exam and competition students insist that because the sustain pedal did not exist on the instruments for which Bach wrote, it therefore should neither need to be used, nor be used when playing his works on the modern pianoforte.
How long would it take to listen to every Bach song?
My own set of lists would take about 7-8 days for all of Bach to be played. However more editions of his music are coming out each year, with more works, longer recordings, etc., so it always changes. So if you were to play Bach non-stop, using.
What is the usual tempo of the courante?
This explicit legato notation naturally suggests the normal default courante tempo of 108 bpm.