Brad Mehdlau's Goldberg Variations IV

On his 2024 album After Bach II, Brad Mehldau improvises his own Goldberg Variations, loosely based on the harmonic structure of Bach's famous masterpiece. The result are seven short pieces, with different metrics (3/4, 4/4, 7/8, 5/8…). Each one is fascinating, and can teach a lot on Brad's playing!

Brad Mehldau says this particuliar variation is in 7/4, but I believe it's way easier to read in 7/8 – and more coherent with the other variations… Sorry Brad!

Listen here.

PDF, 4 pages

You can also buy the transcriptions of the entire variations.