Air on the G String Wilhelmj arranged the second movement of Bach's third Orchestral Suite for violin and an accompaniment of strings, piano or organ (harmonium). On the score he had printed (on the G string) above the stave for the solo violin, which gave the arrangement its nickname. In Wilhelmj's version the piece is transposed down from its original key (D major) to C major. Then the part of the first violins is transposed down a further octave and given to a solo violin that can play the entire melody on its lowest string, the G string. The dynamic markings added by Wilhelmj are
The Well-Tuned Piano third, consider that 5:4 is equivalent to 386 cents () and 9:7 is equivalent to 435 cents (). This difference is audible to the listener by comparing the tuning for each pitch of the western chromatic scale with the chromatic scale used in "The Well-Tuned Piano". "The Well-Tuned Piano" is based on a pitch lattice of perfect fifths and harmonic sevenths. "The Well-Tuned Piano", being improvisatory in nature, as well as ever-changing, has no specific form. The closest a listener can come to understanding the structure of Young's piece is by studying the liner notes from the 1981 Gramavision recording.