<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Air on the G String" is August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the second movement in Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 . </P> <P> The arrangement differs from the original in that the part of the first violins is transposed down so that it can be played entirely on a violin's lowest string, i.e., the G string . It is played by a single violin (instead of by the first violins as a group). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Air" from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 String orchestra (2000) performed by the United States Air Force Band Strings (not an historically informed performance, but no transpositions) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Why is it called air on a g string