The most frequently asked question on our YouTube channel is about pitch: you remark that our text or title mentions the wrong key or ask why we perform pieces a tone too low. Why do recordings on All of Bach often sound a semitone lower (or higher) than when you play this piece at home on the piano, violin or flute? In this background video on pitch, our musicians explain why.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 29th 2023 at Akoesticum, Ede. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.

All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach's works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allo.... For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/conc....

Netherlands Bach Society
Siebe Henstra, harpsichord
Robert Vanryne, trumpet
Rodrigo López Paz, oboe
Lucia Swarts, cello
Femke Huizinga, viola
Robert Franenberg, double bass
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Eduard Bos, tuner
Marloes Biermans, musicologist