# What's the musical piece called?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-musical-piece-called/609033 "2012-01-10T08:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-musical-piece-called/609033/1 "2012-01-10T08:21:15Z")

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used in KassemG’s goes deep bits. At the start of the video below.

link NSFW or it’s borderline iffy.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnPxxllVo_s)

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**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-musical-piece-called/609033/2 "2012-01-10T10:00:09Z")

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It’s the Gavotte (the third movement) from Bach’s Orchestral Suite Nr. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, which is far more famous for its second movement, Air on a G-String.

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**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-musical-piece-called/609033/3 "2012-01-11T04:26:55Z")

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thx

for those that wanna hear it on organ and SFW.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RmQI0Ihcn6E/hqdefault.jpg "Diane Bish - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major by J.S. Bach") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQI0Ihcn6E)

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-musical-piece-called/609033/4 "2012-01-11T12:01:29Z")

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> [@Pitchmeister](#):
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> Air on a G-String.

Which is _definitely_ NSFW.  
_\<snicker\> “G-String!”_