J. S. Bach - "Air on the G String" | Piano Arrangement

Definitely one of the greatest pieces of music ever written: "Air on the G String" by Johann Sebastian Bach. If you want to see more of my videos, please subscribe! With the sheet music above, you can play Johann Sebastian Bach's "Air on the G String" on the piano. It's an accurate piano transcription of the whole piece which is not too hard to play, and sounds fantastic! "Air on the G String" is one of the most famous classical compositions. It was written by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) as the second movement of his orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (BWV 1068). While the piece was just titled "Air" in Bach's original composition, the German violinist August Wilhelmj wrote a new arrangement of the piece in the 19th century. In this version, the first violin was transposed so that it only had to use the G string (the lowest string on a violin). Since his arrangement contributed in a major way to the piece's fame and popularity, it became known as "Air on the G String" or "Air on a G...