Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

• As written1998 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1865 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots924 notes
• Right-hand melody853 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 C6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
• Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
• Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, triplets, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 6ths, 5ths, 7ths
• Chords: inverted triads, 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