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Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Bach wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 245 of the piece's 2065 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: 1820 of 2065
Key: C minor
Time: 4/4
Length: 85 bars

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The whole easy version1820 notes

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The first 8 bars of Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871, 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 C minor, BWV 871's page.

Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits

Community source. A copy shared on MuseScore that passed our checks: every bar complete, every chord within reach of a hand, repeats that can be followed, and the key its title names. It hasn't been compared bar by bar with a printed edition yet. How we check Heard a wrong note? Tell us