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Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 940, 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 keeps 69 of the piece's 169 notes and adds none: a sketch of the piece in its own notes, to read before the real thing. Level 3 of 7, where the piece as written is level 4.

Level: 3 of 7
As written: Level 4
Notes: 69 of 169
Key: D minor
Time: 4/4
Length: 10 bars

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The whole easy version69 notes

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The first 8 bars of Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 940, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 4, and all 4 of its versions are on Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 940's page.

Score typeset by Hajo Dezelski for the Mutopia Project (CC BY-SA 3.0), adapted for Clefsight; our version and its easier versions are shared under the same licence; the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits