Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
A lute prelude, played on the piano as the last of the Little Preludes
On the RCM Level 6 list (Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition)
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 120: the middle speed of the 67 pieces in 3/4 in the library whose files set one. Its length counts from that.
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.
Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.
- As written508 notes
- Melody and a simpler left hand506 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots424 notes
- Right-hand melody381 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 C5, with ledger lines
- Bass clef from D2 to A3, with ledger lines
- Key signature: 3 flats (E♭ major or C minor)
- Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
- Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 3rds (skips), 4ths, 2nds (steps), 5ths, 6ths, octaves
- Chords: inverted triads
- Hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands playing together
Sections
The piece in 6 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.
- Bars 1–8level 4 of 7
- Bars 9–15level 5 of 7
- Bars 16–22level 6 of 7
- Bars 23–29level 6 of 7
- Bars 30–36level 6 of 7
- Bars 37–43level 6 of 7
What stands between you and this piece
Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.
Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits
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