The Beo String Quartet has an excellent music in isolation project involving the Art of the Fugue. Through the magic of high-quality video editing (as well as high-quality quartet playing) they have, in this video, faithfully approximated the way it feels to play in a string quartet.
But there's more! These play-along videos take one voice out of the quartet, show you the music, and allow you to particpate in this remote Bach experience. You can see the introductory material in the first video (Violin 1), but I have the following videos set to start shortly before the start of the music.
Since this is a transcription, I see no reason that participation in this should be limited to stringed instruments. I'm going to be playing along as soon as I finish this post.
VIOLIN I
VIOLIN II
VIOLA
CELLO
The music is a little difficult to see, particularly for people who have small computers or are using cell phones, so if you would like to play along while reading a full-size score, you can find one on this page of the IMSLP. The link goes to Christian Mondrup's transcription of it into C and F clefs (for those who are not comfortable with the alto clef). It's the last entry in the score category. And here is the score in C clefs, for alto clef natives and people who want to improve their clef-reading skills.
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Thank you for sharing this, Elaine. What fun!
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