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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

Practise it

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The opening bars of Little Prelude in C
The opening bars

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