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Prelude and Fugue in F sharp, BWV 858, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Bach wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 672 of the piece's 1376 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 704 of 1376
Key: F♯ major
Time: 12/16
Length: 78 bars

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The first 8 bars of Prelude and Fugue in F sharp, BWV 858, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on Prelude and Fugue in F sharp, BWV 858's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits