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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Fantasia in A minor, BWV 904

Level
4 of 7
Key signature
no sharps or flats
Time
2/2
Length
74 bars
Plays in
2 to 4 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Fantasia in A minor, BWV 904
The opening bars

Versions

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

  • As written815 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand616 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots330 notes
  • Right-hand melody257 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 B3 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, notes held across the beat
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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