Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Little Prelude in C
BWV 939
- Level
- 3 of 5
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Time
- 4/4
- Length
- 16 bars
- Plays in
- about 1 min
Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.
- As written178 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand160 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots110 notes
- Right-hand melody96 notes
What it asks of you
- Treble clef from C4 to C6, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from C2 to D4, with ledger lines
- No key signature to keep in mind
- Accidentals: sharps outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 2nds (steps), octaves, 4ths, 6ths, 7ths
- Chords: inverted triads, triads
- Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms
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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits