Prelude in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 (Well-Tempered Clavier I) sheet music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Level 7 · Advanced, 2:10
What changed in this conversion
- Some held notes in bars 1–29, 34–39 are shown shorter because that hand plays more than one rhythm at once. No notes were removed.
Key facts
- Level
- Level 7 · Advanced. Estimated from the notes (2 of 8 on our difficulty score)
- Time signature
- 3/2
- Key signature
- 4 sharps
- Length
- 39 bars, 5 pages
- Playing time
- 2:10
- Notes
- 660
- Range
- C2 to C6
- Our difficulty score of 2 alone gives Level 6; raised to Level 7 by the contrapuntal-repertoire floor, because the score cannot see counterpoint.
Source and licence
Licence of the source: Public Domain dedication.
Source: "Prelude in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 (Well-Tempered Clavier I)", typeset by Davide Castellone, The Mutopia Project, https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=562.
Source: The Mutopia Project, from the edition Breitkopf & Hartel, 1866.
Playback sounds: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0); Upright Piano KW by Gonzalo and Roberto of FreePats (CC0 1.0); Fluid R3 GM by Frank Wen and contributors (CC BY 3.0). Full sound credits.
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