Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 854
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 9
- Level
- 4 of 7
- Key signature
- 4 sharps
- Time
- 12/8
- Length
- 44 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 3 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 75: the middle speed of the 36 pieces counted in dotted quarters in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written1178 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand1015 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots575 notes
- Right-hand melody533 notes
To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from G3 to B5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 4 sharps (E major or C♯ minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 5ths, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits