Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Little Prelude in D, BWV 936
- Level
- 4 of 7
- Key signature
- 2 sharps
- Time
- 2/4
- Length
- 96 bars
- Plays in
- 1 to 3 min
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 110: the middle speed of the 43 pieces in 2/4 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 written950 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand838 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots520 notes
- Right-hand melody424 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 E6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to E4, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 2 sharps (D major or B minor)
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, dotted half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, 4ths, 5ths, 7ths
- 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 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits